Pakistan termed on Saturday the expulsion of its diplomat by India as "unfortunate and retaliatory ", the state-run APP news agency reported.

"The decision was unfortunate and clearly an act of retaliation," Pakistani Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told APP.

She was responding to a question about the Indian decision to expel Syed Mohammad Rafique Ahmad, Counsellor (Political) at Pakistan High Commission in India, which India made just hours after Pakistan decided to expel an Indian diplomat from Indian High Commission in Islamabad.

India did not give exact reason for its decision to expel the Pakistani diplomat Syed Mohammad Rafique Ahmad, according to reports.

Earlier on Saturday, Pakistan ordered the Indian diplomat, Deepak Kaul, to leave the country on charges of involving in undesirable activities.

Deepak Kaul, Counsellor at the Indian High Commission (embassy) in Islamabad, was "caught indulging in practices incompatible to his status," Aslam told media.

Pakistan has asked the Indian diplomat to be withdrawn from Pakistan by the beginning of next week, according to the spokesperson.

Kaul was caught red handed while receiving sensitive documents from a Pakistani source, said an official source, according to earlier reports of GEO TV.

Source: Xinhua