Pakistan and India in spying row

A spying row has erupted between Pakistan and India after a Pakistani diplomatic driver was detained in Delhi for allegedly receiving secret files.

Indian security officials say Mohammed Farooq, who is employed by Pakistan's High Commission, was caught being given classified military documents.

Anil Kumar Dubey, the Indian soldier who passed the files was also arrested.

Pakistan's foreign office has protested against the arrest saying in violates international conventions.

Pakistan has also accused the Indian authorities of fabricating the spying story to cover up the fact that Mr Farooq was "manhandled".

"Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with the Indian government over the illegal detention and manhandling of Farooq, a driver of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi by the Indian security personnel," it said in a statement.

"The harassment of the Pakistani driver is a violation of international conventions as well as diplomatic norms," it added.

The incident follows a round of expulsions of Indian and Pakistani diplomats in August in which Pakistan expelled an Indian official for "undesirable activities", and India removed a Pakistani diplomat in return over the course of a weekend.

India and Pakistan recently announced that that they would resume peace talks in November, which are expected to focus on trying to find a solution to the Kashmir dispute.

The troubled region is divided between India and Pakistan, but both sides lay claim to Kashmir in its entirety and have fought two wars over the region since 1947.