While a Pakistani navy ship is to dock in Maldives today, Pakistan has said that the news being spread about that India influenced Maldives in blocking Pakistan's diplomatic clearance, is completely false.

In a message being spread around on social media, it was stated that a Pakistani navy ship was scheduled to arrived in Maldives today and had however not been allowed to acquire diplomatic clearance, due to Indian influence over Maldives.

The diplomatic clearance is issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Deputy Head of Mission and Head of Chancery, at the Pakistani Embassy in Maldives, Zulqurnain Ahmad had informed One Online last night that the news is false.

Zulqurnain Ahmad said that while these stories are completely false, the ship is set to arrive in Maldives within the next month.

The Deputy Head of Mission added that the ship mentioned in the stories on social media is not even scheduled to travel at a certain date.

These messages are being spread around stating that India has attempted to block Pakistan navy ships from entering Maldives at a time where the relations between Pakistan and India have severely worsened.