Pakistan Says ICJ 'Crossed All Limits' In Kulbhushan Jadhav Case, India Trying To Distract
It alleged Pakistan authorities are denying India its right of consular access to Jadhav despite its repeated requests.
A day after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) stayed Kulbhushan Jadhav's execution, Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said India approaching the ICJ is a diversionary tactic.
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Pakistan's defence minister tweeted today:
Indian letter to ICJ attempt to divert attention frm state sponsored terrorism in Pak.Kulbushan convicted of offences against Nat security
¡ª Khawaja M. Asif (@KhawajaMAsif) 10 May 2017
As well, a furious Pakistan is reported to have said the Hague-based tribunal "has crossed its limit", Times Now reported without citing sources.
The ICJ yesterday stayed the death sentence awarded to Jadhav by a Pakistan military court last month. The ICJ's stay came after India began proceedings against Pakistan at the court accusing Islamabad of "egregious violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations" in the detention and trial of Jadhav.
Mr.Harish Salve, Senior Advocate is representing India before International Court of Justice in the #KulbhushanJadhav case.
¡ª Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) 9 May 2017
India had sought relief asking for a suspension of the sentence of death awarded to Jadhav, the ICJ said in a press statement. India had stated that the sentence of the military court was in "brazen defiance" of the Vienna Convention rights under Article 36 and elementary human rights of an accused.
It alleged Pakistan authorities are denying India its right of consular access to Jadhav despite its repeated requests.
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"The applicant also points out that it learned about the death sentence against Jadhav from a press release. India submits that it has information that Jadhav was `kidnapped from Iran, where he was carrying on business after retiring from the Indian Navy, and was then shown to have been arrested in Baluchistan' on 3 March 2016, and that the Indian authorities were notified of that arrest on 25 March 2016," said the ICJ in a press statement before it stayed the death sentence.
