ISLAMABAD:

Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Saturday revealed that India's intelligence agency had attempted to recruit a Pakistani fisherman for espionage by offering him money.

Addressing a joint press conference in Islamabad alongside Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, Chaudhry said the incident was "India's new propaganda operation, which has now been fully exposed".

He said the fisherman, identified as Ijaz Mallah, had been detained by the Indian Coast Guard in September and was subsequently coerced and bribed with Rs95,000 to take part in anti-Pakistan propaganda.

"This is part of a continuous psychological and informational war being waged by Indian intelligence agencies against Pakistan," he said, adding that the country's security instit

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