India's junior foreign minister has called for an investigation after a man posing as his boss managed to have a potentially disasterous telephone conversation with Pakistan's President.

Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reported that Pakistan had put its forces on high alert after a caller pretending to be Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee had been connected to President Asif Ali Zardari on Nov 28. The caller threatened Zardari, prompting Pakistan to put its forces on high alert and setting off diplomatic panic.

--Reuters

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