Islamabad: The official website of Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs was reportedly hacked on Saturday. The foreign ministry spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said complaints were received about the site being inaccessible by users from several countries. Sources told Dawn that the cyber attack is believed to be originating from India. "The IT team is currently occupied in thwarting the hackers' onslaught," he was quoted by Dawn as saying.

Faisal said that the foreign ministry's website is functioning without any glitches in Pakistan. However, users from Australia, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom and the Netherlands reported facing difficulty in accessing the site.