Sep 2, 2019
Islamabad: A meeting between a senior Indian diplomat and Kulbhushan Jadhav, incarcerated in a Pakistani military prison on alleged espionage charges, is currently underway here after Islamabad formally granted New Delhi consular access on Monday in line with the decision of the International Court of Justice, the Pakistan media reported.
The Express Tribune reported about the development citing sources who refused to share any further details, including the venue of the meeting.
In its July 17 verdict, the ICJ had directed Pakistan for continued stay on the death sentence of Jadhav and to provide him consular access.
India had declined the earlier offer of consular access to Jadhav as Pakistan has set some conditions, like insisting that it will have its own person present during the meeting between Indian officials and Jadhav.
Pakistan had refused to allow Indian officials to meet Jadhav ever since his “arrest” in March 2016 for alleged espionage.
In April 2017, he was sentenced to death by a military court, after which India approached the ICJ.IANS