India media said the two officials - both working in the embassy visa department - had been detained Sunday while trying to obtain information on an Indian security establishment. The pair returned to Pakistan via the Wagah border crossing, which has been closed for several weeks because of the coronavirus lockdown, a Pakistan embassy spokesman told AFP. India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars since independence over Kashmir. Rebel groups in Indian-administered Kashmir have battled for decades for the region's independence or its merger with Pakistan. New Delhi regularly accuses arch-rival Pakistan of arming and sending rebels across the heavily militarised border.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 01, 2020 08:03 UTC