ISLAMABAD: The process for visit of convicted Indian spy
Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife and mother to Pakistan for meeting him has
begun with the filing of their visa applications at Pakistan’s High
Commission in New Delhi.
“Visa applications of mother and
wife of Commander Jadhav received for their visit on humanitarian
grounds. Being processed,” FO spokesman Dr Muhammad Faisal tweeted.
India had a few days ago accepted Pakistan’s offer for a meeting between Mr Jadhav and his family on Dec 25.
Pakistan
had initially offered a meeting between Jadhav and his wife on
“humanitarian grounds”. However, India made the acceptance of the offer
conditional to permission for his mother and an Indian diplomat to
accompany them. After extensive deliberations, the Indian request was
allowed and Dec 25 was proposed as the meeting date.
Jadhav
was captured in March last year from Balochistan and tried for
sabotage, espionage and terrorism by a military tribunal and was this
year convicted and sentenced to death. His appeal against death sentence
has been dismissed, while the mercy petition is awaiting Army Chief Gen
Qamar Bajwa’s decision.
The development in the case has
happened around the submission of Pakistan’s counter-arguments to the
International Court of Justice that is hearing an Indian petition
challenging denial of consular access to Jadhav by Pakistan. The counter
memorial was submitted by Pakistan at The Hague on Wednesday.
