In a development likely to further hit Indo-Pak relations, the elite Sindh Club in Karachi refused to host Indian high commissioner to Pakistan TCA Raghavan and his wife for a function on September 26. Sources in Delhi and Karachi confirmed that the club, one of Karachi's oldest institutions, said no to hosting Raghavan without giving any reason and even after Raghavan had arrived in Karachi to attend the event. Sources said the high commissioner and all other guests had received invitation cards saying Sindh Club, which has existed since 1871, was going to host the event. Raghavan got a rude shock though after he checked into his hotel in Karachi with officials informing him that Sindh Club had decided that it was not going to host him. The club never got back to Indian authorities to explain why it had decided to back out at the last moment.