Kashmir's spy confession puts Pak minister in soup

: He hit headlines for making a historic homecoming.
But Kashmir Singh - who spent 35 years in a Pakistani jail on charges of espionage and was released by Pakistan on Monday – has put the man responsible for his release in a tight spot.
Pakistan’s Minister for Human Rights Ansar Burney - who had played a vital role in Kashmir’s - has expressed shock over Kashmir’s confession that he was indeed an Indian spy.
Speaking with CNN-IBN from Pakistan on Saturday, a harried Burney said he was facing a lot of criticism for aiding Kashmir’s release.
“I am shocked to hear these statements. I did not know if he was a spy or not. I was working on humanitarian grounds for a man who was in jail for 34 years,” he said.
Burney also said the development will affect chances of other Indians in Pakistani jails being released and vice-versa.
“I do not know if he (Kashmir) is saying this on his own or whether people are putting words in his mouth. But it will surely make it difficult for Indian prisoners in Pakistan and Pakistani prisoners in India,” he said.
Importantly, Burney had said he would look into the case of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who is on death row in Pakistan.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday rejected Sarabjit’s mercy plea.
Kashmir Singh made the statement at a press conference on Friday, telling reporters that he had crossed the border several times on duty.
He says he used to spy for military intelligence in Pakistan, Afghanistan & and Iran. But he refused to disclose the names of the officers he used to work for.
To questions by reporters, he refused to narrate details about the torture he faced in Pakistan.
Singh also accused the Indian Government of failing to help his family. “After my arrest in 1974 the successive governments did nothing for my family. I did the duty assigned to me as a spy but the government after my arrest did not bother to spend a single penny for my family," he said.