"This is under consideration. A final decision would be taken shortly," a source at the foreign office was quoted as saying by Dawn News. 

The names of the officers -- commercial counsellor Syed Furrukh Habib and first secretaries Khadim Hussain, Mudassir Cheema and Shahid Iqbal -- were made public after a recorded statement of high commission staffer Mehmood Akhtar was released to the media, the report said. 

Akhtar was expelled from India after being declared 'persona non-grata'. Akhtar told Dawn News that he had given the statement under duress.