Tag: Kulbhushan Jadhav

New Delhi: India has asked Pakistan to provide “unimpeded consular access” to Kulbhushan Jadhav, in an environment “free from the fear of intimidation and reprisal”, after Islamabad said it has sent a proposal to New Delhi allowing consular access to the Indian national. “Pakistan has been asked (on Thursday) to provide unimpeded consular access to […]

Islamabad: A meeting between Indian High Commission officials and Kulbhushan Jadhav did not materialise on Friday amid differences between India and Pakistan on the terms of the consular access to the retired Indian Navy officer who is on death row. Jadhav, 49, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “espionage […]

Islamabad: Pakistan announced on Sunday that it will grant consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav on September 2. Foreign Office Spokesman Mohammad Faisal said Jadhav, 49, is being provided the consular access “in line with Vienna Convention on Consular relations, ICJ judgement and the laws of Pakistan”. The retired Indian Navy officer is on death row […]

New Delhi: India has accepted the consular access given by Pakistan to death-row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav, official sources said on Monday. On Sunday, Pakistan said it would grant consular access to Jadhav on Monday in line with the judgement in his case by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Charge d’ Affaires at the Indian […]

Islamabad: A senior Indian diplomat on Monday met Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on death row in Pakistan, after Islamabad granted consular access to the Indian prisoner “in line with the ICJ judgement”. The meeting between a senior Indian diplomat and the convicted Indian spy is currently underway after Pakistan formally granted the consular access to […]

New Delhi: Raising the bogey of alleged human rights violations in Kashmir will expose Pakistans phoney concerns for the cause, said Harish Salve, former Solicitor General of India, who successfully pleaded the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav at the International Court of Justice recently. “The safety and security of its people is the responsibility of every […]

Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday ruled out giving India a second consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism”. Jadhav, 49, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism” in April 2017, following which India had […]

Islamabad: Two alleged Indian spies sneaked into Balochistan province for terror activities and fled to Afghanistan, a news report said. Geo News, quoting sources, said the two alleged Indian spies – one of them oddly identified as Swami Asemanand, and the other as Goband Part, had sneaked into Pakistan from Iran. The two were involved […]

United Nations: International Court of Justice President Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf has told the UN General Assembly that Pakistan had violated its obligations under the Vienna Convention by not allowing consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav. In his address on the occasion of the 74th session of the UNGA, Yusuf said that in its […]

Islamabad: The Pakistani military has scotched reports that Pakistan is to amend the Army Act to allow Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav the right to file an appeal in a civilian court. Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor in a tweet termed the news as “incorrect”. “Speculations for amendment in Pak […]

Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday ruled out any deal with India in death-row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case and said any step taken to implement the ICJ’s decision will be according to its Constitution. Foreign Office Spokesperson Mohammad Faisal’s remarks came a day after Pakistan Army said that the government was considering various legal options for the […]

New Delhi: Pakistan has claimed that captured Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav has refused to file a review petition and has decided to go ahead with his pending mercy plea. “On June 17, 2020, Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav was invited to file a petition for review and reconsideration of his sentence and conviction. Exercising his legal […]

New Delhi: India on Thursday said Pakistan did not provide “unimpeded, unhindered and unconditional” consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav in violation of a verdict by an international tribunal, and that the Indian death row convict was “visibly under stress”. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the two Indian officials from the Indian High Commission […]

New Delhi: In a scathing admonition of Pakistan, the government on Thursday said that Islamabad has blocked all the avenues for an effective remedy available for India in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. Jadhav is an Indian national detained by Pakistan since 2016 after he was kidnapped from Iran. Islamabad has alleged that he is an […]

Islamabad: The Imran Khan government is expected to table the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Review and Re-consideration Ordinance 2020 in the National Assembly on Monday, even as it faces intense heat from the opposition on the issue. The ordinance seeks to allow alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav the facility to file an appeal in […]