Kulbhushan Jadhav, former Indian Naval officer facing death sentence in Pakistan, will be allowed to meet his wife, Islamabad announced on Friday.

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According to a report by PTV, Pakistan's state  broadcaster, officials said that they were acting on humanitarian grounds and informed that a meeting will be arranged between Jadhav and his wife.

A note verbale has been sent in this regard to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on Friday, PTV said in a tweet.

The 46-year-old was arrested in March last year on charges on espionage. The Pakistan authorities alleged that Jadhav was working with RA&W and was involved in terrorist activities in strife-torn Balochistan region.

After nearly four months of trail termed as 'farcical' trial, Jadhav was sentenced to death by a military court. But, India moved to International Court of Justice and in major victory, the ICJ stayed Jadhav's death sentence in May this year.