The government said on Friday that it had no links with an Indian arrested in Balochistan on charges of being an officer of the Indian intelligence agency RAW.
"The said individual has no link with the government since his premature retirement from Indian Navy," a spokesperson for the ministry of external affairs said.
"We have sought consular access to him. India has no interest in interfering in the internal matters of any country and firmly believes that a stable and peaceful Pakistan is in the interest of all in the region," the official added.
The spokesperson admitted that Pakistan on Friday summoned the Indian High High Commissioner in Islamabad and raised the issue with him.
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