India has said that it would withdraw eight of its diplomats from Pakistan after they were identified in local media reports, in a further deterioration in ties with the neighbour nation.
Ministry of External Affairs Spokesman Vikas Swarup said the diplomats had been “completely compromised” after their names and pictures were put in the public domain.
As many as six officials in the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi also returned home yesterday amidst growing tension between the two countries after a Pakistani Mission staffer was caught in an espionage ring and expelled.