Pakistan has said that it will be granting India consular access for Kulbushan Jadhav, a day after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Islamabad breached Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
In a release, the Pakistani foreign ministry said, "As a responsible state, Pakistan will grant consular access to Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav according to Pakistani laws, for which modalities are being worked out."
Kulbhushan was abducted by Pakistani agencies from Iran in 2016 and in 2017, after which a military country in the country announced death sentence for him on concocted charges alleging that he was a spy and accused him of sabotage. What followed was a two-year-long legal battle at the Hague-based World Court.
JUSTICE FOR INDIA
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ISLAMABAD HAD BREACHED VIENNA CONVENTION
- Kulbhushan was abducted by Pakistani agencies from Iran in 2016 and in 2017
- The UN court ruled in the Hague that Pakistan should undertake an “effective review” of the case
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The verdict by the ICJ last week said, "Pakistan has acted in breach of the obligations incumbent on it under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations in the Jadhav case"
In the last two year, India has many times requested Pakistan to give access to him under diplomatic norms, but all fell on deaf ears.
India has welcomed the verdict by the World Court, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeting, "I am sure Kulbhushan Jadhav will get justice. Our government will always work for the safety and welfare of each and every Indian."
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to the family after the verdict and briefing both houses of the Parliament called on Pakistan to "release and repatriate" the Indian national.
Jadhav, 49, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of "espionage and terrorism" in April 2017 following which India had moved the International Court of Justice, seeking a stay on his death sentence and further remedies.
A 16-member bench headed by President of the Court, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, by 15-1 votes ordered Pakistan on Wednesday to undertake an "effective review and reconsideration" of the conviction and sentence of Jadhav and also to grant consular access to India without further delay.
In its 42-page order, the world court while rejecting Pakistan's objection to the admissibility of the Indian application in the case, held that "a continued stay of execution constitutes an indispensable condition for the effective review" of the sentence of Jadhav.
The bench, however, rejected some remedies sought by India, including annulment of the military court's decision convicting Jadhav, his release and safe passage to India.
― Zee Media Newsroom
(With inputs from Agencies)
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