Spy for Spy: Col Habib Zahir in Indian custody, wants exchange for Kulbhushan Yadav

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NEW DELHI – On Friday, December 8, Pakistan announced that it would allow the wife and mother of the arrested Indian spy, Kulbhushan Yadav, to meet him on humanitarian grounds on December 25. It has also allowed an Indian embassy official to accompany them, as requested by New Delhi.

The two countries are contesting the Jadhav case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague. This is clearly an “olive branch” gesture on the part of Islamabad. Why has this happened?

Some say it is going to be a case of exchange of spies, or a “spy-for-spy” game instead of spy-versus-spy. In April, India caught Muhammad Habib Zahir, the retired Lt Colonel of the Pakistan Army who disappeared from Lumbini near Nepal’s border with India and is now suspected to be in Indian custody, according to The Indian Express.

READ MORE: Pakistan receives Indian memorial on Kulbhushan Yadav in ICJ
On the Pakistani side, it was revealed that Zahir was lured into going to Nepal on the phone with offers of big money.


It is quite clear that this time around Pakistan will not be able to hang Jadhav for doubtful emotional satisfaction because a further deterioration of the Indo-Pak equation is not desired by anyone in the world, including the ICJ judges.


Pakistan and India have gained little by killing each other’s spies: Sarabjit Singh was arrested by Pakistan in August 1990 for carrying out four bombings in Faisalabad, Multan and Lahore, killing 14 citizens. He was later sentenced to death and hanged in 2013. Kashmir Singh spent 35 years on death row while avowing he was not a spy but was allowed to return home. Ravindra Kaushik succeeded in joining the Pakistan Army and was promoted to major while passing sensitive information back home. He was caught and died in jail after 16 years.

READ MORE: Pakistan again refuses India over Kulbhushan Yadav access

Given a more sophisticated current Pak army leadership, it is hoped that the two countries will agree on an exchange of prisoners and not resort to committing bilateral homicide of dubious strategic value.


But not long ago, in April 2017, the “spy wars” were on. India and Pakistan were supposed to stop thinking and act on reflex: Pakistan is a terrorist state causing violence in India; India never accepted Pakistan and is determined to undo it. Jadhav was not only planning the Baloch insurgency, he was also in with the Taliban killing innocent Pakistanis.

READ MORE: India must declare Balochistan a separate country: BJP MP
Yet, instead of alerting troops at the border, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, addressing an Air Force passing-out parade, said: “Cooperation rather than conflict and shared prosperity instead of suspicion are the hallmarks of our policy.” National Security Adviser Nasser Khan Janjua, too, said India and Pakistan “cannot be enemies forever and must engage in dialogue to resolve disputes”.

If Prime Minister Modi was listening on the other side, this could be seen as Pakistan’s smoke-signalling for peace-talks in times of tension even as the media on both sides spread alarm about deep conspiracies.

Talking is not easy if you look at the different ground rules the two states have set for talks. Pakistan will talk nicely but will ultimately bring up Kashmir, which India is not willing to endorse.

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NEW DELHI – On Friday, December 8, Pakistan announced that it would allow the wife and mother of the arrested Indian spy, Kulbhushan Yadav, to meet him on humanitarian grounds on December 25. It has also allowed an Indian embassy official to accompany them, as requested by New Delhi.

The two countries are contesting the Jadhav case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague. This is clearly an “olive branch” gesture on the part of Islamabad. Why has this happened?

Some say it is going to be a case of exchange of spies, or a “spy-for-spy” game instead of spy-versus-spy. In April, India caught Muhammad Habib Zahir, the retired Lt Colonel of the Pakistan Army who disappeared from Lumbini near Nepal’s border with India and is now suspected to be in Indian custody, according to The Indian Express.

READ MORE: Pakistan receives Indian memorial on Kulbhushan Yadav in ICJ
On the Pakistani side, it was revealed that Zahir was lured into going to Nepal on the phone with offers of big money.


It is quite clear that this time around Pakistan will not be able to hang Jadhav for doubtful emotional satisfaction because a further deterioration of the Indo-Pak equation is not desired by anyone in the world, including the ICJ judges.


Pakistan and India have gained little by killing each other’s spies: Sarabjit Singh was arrested by Pakistan in August 1990 for carrying out four bombings in Faisalabad, Multan and Lahore, killing 14 citizens. He was later sentenced to death and hanged in 2013. Kashmir Singh spent 35 years on death row while avowing he was not a spy but was allowed to return home. Ravindra Kaushik succeeded in joining the Pakistan Army and was promoted to major while passing sensitive information back home. He was caught and died in jail after 16 years.

READ MORE: Pakistan again refuses India over Kulbhushan Yadav access

Given a more sophisticated current Pak army leadership, it is hoped that the two countries will agree on an exchange of prisoners and not resort to committing bilateral homicide of dubious strategic value.


But not long ago, in April 2017, the “spy wars” were on. India and Pakistan were supposed to stop thinking and act on reflex: Pakistan is a terrorist state causing violence in India; India never accepted Pakistan and is determined to undo it. Jadhav was not only planning the Baloch insurgency, he was also in with the Taliban killing innocent Pakistanis.

READ MORE: India must declare Balochistan a separate country: BJP MP
Yet, instead of alerting troops at the border, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, addressing an Air Force passing-out parade, said: “Cooperation rather than conflict and shared prosperity instead of suspicion are the hallmarks of our policy.” National Security Adviser Nasser Khan Janjua, too, said India and Pakistan “cannot be enemies forever and must engage in dialogue to resolve disputes”.

If Prime Minister Modi was listening on the other side, this could be seen as Pakistan’s smoke-signalling for peace-talks in times of tension even as the media on both sides spread alarm about deep conspiracies.

Talking is not easy if you look at the different ground rules the two states have set for talks. Pakistan will talk nicely but will ultimately bring up Kashmir, which India is not willing to endorse.

https://timesofislamabad.com/spy-fo...nts-exchange-for-kulbhushan-yadav/2017/12/23/

Bullshit



Totally crap news/article.

 

[YeBeWarned]

Did India officially claim they have our man ?

 

[graphican]

Let Col Habib die who had chosen to go to Nepal but don't spare Kulbushan who has killed thousands of Pakistanis. Kulbushan is four thousand killers standing in one body. Will you exchange thousands of killers with one person?

Also, will you set a precedence for India to abduct more Pakistanis and have their confessed + convicted terrorists free? Are brains still thinking?

 

[Taimoor Khan]

Two cases are completely different. Jadev is a jet black Indian state terrorist involved in killing of Pakistani citizens through various terrorists acts.

If spy exchanges is needed, Pakistan must capture/abduct another Indian spy and offer that in return of col habib.

 

[BHarwana]

Panama case was not to throw out Nawaz Sharif but to punish Kulboshan so keep your hopes high India.

 

[alphapak]

Kulbhosan should of been hanged long time ago. I don't understand
why Pak army is not hanging him.

 

[Sully3]

Yadav the indian monkey will die one way or another

 

[Kaniska]

It is strange to see one Pakistan guy coming to Nepal for big money where the regular people go to Dubai or West for earning big...Forget about Habib is in Indian custody of not, the story of Habib coming to Nepal for big money is a big lie..He must be still an undercover spy who has some assignment to work in India through Nepal...

 

[Sinnerman108]

This website run by some random pdf fan boy. They totally copy paste news from other website and give catchy headlines to them

We have another one of your monkeys,
a much more valuable monkey,
we got him after Yadav.
and your government knows we have him.

 

[MystryMan]

We have another one of your monkeys,
a much more valuable monkey,
we got him after Yadav.
and your government knows we have him.

More valuable then Yadav?

 

[Taimoor Khan]

We have another one of your monkeys,
a much more valuable monkey,
we got him after Yadav.
and your government knows we have him.

The one who went missing in Kabul?

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

It is strange to see one Pakistan guy coming to Nepal for big money where the regular people go to Dubai or West for earning big...Forget about Habib is in Indian custody of not, the story of Habib coming to Nepal for big money is a big lie..He must be still an undercover spy who has some assignment to work in India through Nepal...

his CV was on internet with clear mentioning of all his record. a spy won't do it.
he worked in a custard factory. a job retired soldier will do.
the record of all fake website found.
he went to Nepal not India. all videos and pictures available.
and the last he was not using fake name or fake visa, nor was he hiding anything. in fact he had uploaded his detailed CV on different websites.
he is not a spy and that's why India is not accepting his kidnapping. unlike India we never kept quite and immediately took the matter to the world forums before you can declare him a spy. you lose.

More valuable then Yadav?

Maybe someone got missing from afghanistan.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

It is strange to see one Pakistan guy coming to Nepal for big money where the regular people go to Dubai or West for earning big...Forget about Habib is in Indian custody of not, the story of Habib coming to Nepal for big money is a big lie..He must be still an undercover spy who has some assignment to work in India through Nepal...

yea and he announced his arrival and kept live updates where he was until he vanished after he arrived in Nepal and made last status update.

 

[BATMAN]

I would offer Kulbhoshan in exchange of Brahamdagh Bugti.