India may withdraw eight diplomats from Pakistan

Eight Indian diplomats may be withdrawn from Pakistan as their identity has been compromised after reports in the local media. Sources in the External Affairs Ministry said, the names and pictures of the diplomat were put in the public domain in Pakistan.

The decision came hours after Pakistan pulled out six officials posted from its High Commission in New Delhi.The six had reportedly been named as accomplices by Mehmood Akhtar, who



worked at the High Commission and was expelled last week for alleged espionage. Akhtar was caught by the police at the Delhi zoo while receiving sensitive documents from two men from Rajasthan. 

Police said he had been recruited by Pakistani Inter-Services intelligence or ISI three years ago and later posted in the High Commission in Delhi. He worked in the visa section, allegedly so he could recruit potential spies.