Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal at a
press conference after Kulbhushan Jadhav's meeting with his family
members in Islamabad on Monday said it was not the Indian spy's last
meeting.
"This meeting has nothing to do with the case
pending before the International Court of Justice or with politics," Dr
Faisal said.
Jadhav's wife and mother were both our guests, he said, adding: "They came and left in an honourable fashion."
"As Jadhav's wife and mother were leaving, they thanked
Pakistan, the FO, me, my team," Dr Faisal said. "They were satisfied
with the meeting."
"It was around 35 minutes long.
Jadhav requested that it may be extended a little bit," so it ran to
about 40 minutes, the FO spokesperson said.
"They spoke
openly during the meeting," Dr Faisal said, adding that the Indian High
Commissioner JP Singh, who accompanied Avanti and Chetankul Jadhav, was
present outside the meeting room and did not hear the conversation that
took place between the family members.
"We fulfilled the promises we made to them."
"Let
me be very clear that Pakistan permitted the Indian request totally on
humanitarian grounds in line with Islamic principles and teachings.
Islam is a religion of peace... and it was a gesture of good faith and
compassion," he said. "It has nothing to do with consular access," he
added.
Jadhav's wife and mother also brought a gift for him, DawnNews reported, which is yet to be handed over to him.
The FO spokesperson also presented a medical report for Jadhav that showed he is in "good health" and "everything is normal".
The FO spokesperson said Pakistan would have preferred if Jadhav's wife and mother had spoken to Pakistani media.
"This
was done in the spirit that Pakistan has nothing to hide and, like all
of you, seeks the answers to many questions that remain unanswered," he
added.
"One good deed should beget another, and such a
decision should serve as a template for others to follow, including in
Indian Occupied Kashmir, where innocent blood continues to be spilled,"
he suggested.
'Face of Indian terrorism in Pakistan'
The FO spokesperson described the Indian spy as "the face of
Indian terrorism in Pakistan" and detailed his confessions before the
press.
Jadhav had admitted to involvement in the
assassination of senior superintendent of police Chaudhry Mohammed Aslam
Khan in Karachi in 2014, the targeting of Frontier Works Organisation
activities in Balochistan, and improvised explosive device attacks in
Quetta, Turbat and other cities in Balochistan, the FO spokesperson
said.
The spy also confessed to supporting the
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and other groups, especially in the attack on
the Mehran Naval Base, various radar installations and the Sui gas
pipeline attack, all of which were directly funded by Indian
intelligence agency Research Analysis Wing, Dr Faisal said.
The
FO spokesperson said India had been presented with a copy of the
passport in Jadhav's possession when he was arrested. The passport
showed he had travelled in and out of India 17 times, he added.
"Indian silence is telling," he asserted. "There is a list of 15 names we have given to India asking for details on them."
After
completion of the investigation into Jadhav, Pakistan offered to allow
his wife to visit him, after which India requested that his mother also
be permitted to meet him, the FO spokesperson said, and the request was
subsequently granted.