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NEW DELHI: After months of diplomatic deadlock, the Pakistan government has offered a meeting between imprisoned Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav and his wife on humanitarian grounds.
"The Government of Pakistan has decided to arrange a meeting of Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav with his wife, in Pakistan, purely on humanitarian grounds. A Note Verbale to this effect has been sent to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad today," a press release from Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
However, Pakistan's statement indicated that it was still reluctant to accept India's assertion that Jadhav had no links to the government and was not a R&AW spy.
"Commander Kalbushan Jhadev alias, Hussain Mubarak Patel, a serving Commander of the Indian Navy, working with Indian Intelligence Agency/RAW was apprehended by Pakistan law enforcement agencies on March 3, 2016 after he illegally crossed over into Pakistan. He confessed before a Magistrate and the Court that he was tasked by RAW to plan, coordinate and organize espionage, terrorist and sabotage activities aimed at destabilizing and waging war against Pakistan," the statement read.
Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer, was arrested by Pakistan counter-terrorism officials in March 2016 on suspicion of his involvement in subversive activities in Balochistan and Karachi. In April 2017, a Pakistan military court found him guilty of "espionage and sabotage" and sentenced him to death.
The incident sparked off a diplomatic maelstrom, with India denying Pakistan's allegations that Jadhav was an Indian spy and demanding consular access to the man, only to be repeatedly turned down.
India then appealed to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) demanding the immediate suspension of Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence, expressing fears that Pakistan could execute him even before the the court gave its verdict.
On May 18, the ICJ ruled in India's favour and stayed the death sentence against Jadhav until further notice.
Jadhav's mother had applied for a Pakistani visa in order to visit her son and the matter had been taken up by External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj in July.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...humanitarian-grounds/articleshow/61596535.cms
"The Government of Pakistan has decided to arrange a meeting of Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav with his wife, in Pakistan, purely on humanitarian grounds. A Note Verbale to this effect has been sent to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad today," a press release from Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
However, Pakistan's statement indicated that it was still reluctant to accept India's assertion that Jadhav had no links to the government and was not a R&AW spy.
"Commander Kalbushan Jhadev alias, Hussain Mubarak Patel, a serving Commander of the Indian Navy, working with Indian Intelligence Agency/RAW was apprehended by Pakistan law enforcement agencies on March 3, 2016 after he illegally crossed over into Pakistan. He confessed before a Magistrate and the Court that he was tasked by RAW to plan, coordinate and organize espionage, terrorist and sabotage activities aimed at destabilizing and waging war against Pakistan," the statement read.
Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer, was arrested by Pakistan counter-terrorism officials in March 2016 on suspicion of his involvement in subversive activities in Balochistan and Karachi. In April 2017, a Pakistan military court found him guilty of "espionage and sabotage" and sentenced him to death.
The incident sparked off a diplomatic maelstrom, with India denying Pakistan's allegations that Jadhav was an Indian spy and demanding consular access to the man, only to be repeatedly turned down.
India then appealed to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) demanding the immediate suspension of Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence, expressing fears that Pakistan could execute him even before the the court gave its verdict.
On May 18, the ICJ ruled in India's favour and stayed the death sentence against Jadhav until further notice.
Jadhav's mother had applied for a Pakistani visa in order to visit her son and the matter had been taken up by External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj in July.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...humanitarian-grounds/articleshow/61596535.cms
