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Pakistan Govt To Arrange Meeting Of Kulbhushan Jadhav With Wife On 'Humanitarian Grounds'

Darpan News Desk IANS, 10 Nov, 2017 02:34 PM
    Pakistan on Friday said it will allow convicted Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet his wife, months after India had requested Islamabad to grant a visa to his mother on humanitarian grounds.
     
     
    “The Government of Pakistan has decided to arrange a meeting of Commander Kulbhushan Jhadav with his wife, in Pakistan, purely on humanitarian grounds,” Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said in a statement.
     
     
    “A Note Verbale to this effect has been sent to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, today,” he said.
     
     
    Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court in April on charges of espionage and terrorism. The International Court of Justice in May halted his execution on India’s appeal.
     
     
    It is not clear what prompted Islamabad to allow Jhadav’s wife to meet him in Pakistan, the Express Tribune reported.
     
     
    There were speculation that the two countries discussed the issue in a recent meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Sawraj and the newly-appointed Pakistani High Commissioner to New Delhi Sohail Mahmood, the daily said.
     
     
    India had requested for a Pakistani visa for Jadhav’s mother, Avantika, who wanted to meet her son in Pakistan.
     
     
    Pakistan has repeatedly denied India consular access to Jadhav on the ground that it was not applicable in cases related to spies.
    Jadhav on June 22 filed a mercy petition before Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
     
     
    Pakistan claims to have arrested Jadhav from Balochistan province on March 3 last year after he reportedly entered from Iran. However, India maintains that he was kidnapped from Iran where he had business interests after retiring from the Indian Navy.

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