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India will go out of its way to save Jadhav from death row: Sushma Swaraj

India will go out of its way to save Jadhav from death row: Swaraj
Dawn.com: Updated about an hour ago


Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday assured lawmakers that New Delhi would go "out of its way" to save sentenced spy Kulbhushan Jadhav from death row in Pakistan, according to Indian media reports.

Calling Jadhav "a son of India", Swaraj issued a warning to Pakistan saying, "I would caution the Pakistani government to consider the consequences for our bilateral relationship if they proceed on this matter."

"Our position is very clear, there is no evidence of wrongdoing by Kulbhushan Jadhav," Swaraj told the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament.

"This is an act of premeditated murder," she said, referring to the death sentence handed to the Indian spy by a Field General Court Martial (FGCM) on Monday.

Swaraj assured parliamentarians that the government would not stop at just ensuring Jadhav has the best of lawyers to fight his case in the Supreme Court, but would "go out of the way to save him".

When asked by a lawmaker if the government would fight Jadhav's case in the Pakistani apex court, Swaraj said: "We will do more. We will take it up with the president [Mamnoon Hussain]," The Hindu reported.

The Indian minister of external affairs, Swaraj, alleged that Jadhav was awarded the death sentence on "concocted charges".

"Jadhav was doing a business in Iran and he was abducted and taken to Pakistan. We sought consular access, but were denied," she claimed. "He is innocent. They [Pakistan] seek through him to cast aspersions in India to hide their own role in terror."

Explore: Who is Kulbhushan Jadhav?

The lower house of the Indian parliament, the Lok Sabha, was united in condemning Jadhav's sentence.

Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh, addressing the Lok Sabha, said: "I condemn it [Jadhav's death sentence] as an illegal act against the norms of the rule of law and international convention."

"Whatever has to be done to do justice with Kulbhushan will be done by the government," he added.

Jadhav's arrest and trial
Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested on March 3, 2016, through a counter-intelligence operation in Balochistan's Mashkel area for his involvement in espionage and sabotage activities against Pakistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Monday.

Although the accused had been provided with a defending officer as per legal provisions, according to ISPR, Pakistan had turned down India's request seeking consular access to Jadhav last year due to his involvement in "subversive activities" in the country.

Jadhav was tried by the FGCM under Section 59 of the PAA and Section 3 of the official Secret Act of 1923, the statement said.

Jadhav confessed before a magistrate and court that he was tasked by Indian spy agency Research and Analysis wing to plan, coordinate and organise espionage and sabotage activities seeking to destabilise and wage war against Pakistan through impeding the efforts of law enforcement agencies for the restoration of peace in Balochistan and Karachi, the ISPR said.

Following the announcement, India summoned Pakistan's High Commissioner to New Delhi Abdul Basit on Monday and handed over a demarche saying, "If this sentence against an Indian citizen, awarded without observing basic norms of law and justice, is carried out, the government and people of India will regard it as a case of premeditated murder."

Dawn reported that Jadhav now has 40 days to file an appeal against the FGCM in the army’s court of appeal, according to retired Col Inamur Rahim, a military law expert.

In case the appeal court upholds the FGCM verdict, Jadhav would have the opportunity to seek mercy from the army chief and the president of Pakistan.

Simultaneously, Col Inam said, the convict could approach a high court if he felt that due process was not observed during his trial and his fundamental rights as an accused were not fulfilled.

Experts view the military's announcement about Jadhav's trial and prosecution as an unprecedented move, viewing it as a strong message to India as well as other foreign intelligence agencies.
I am sure Indians are a bit confused. Our ISI caught a bloody terrorist named as Hussein Mubarak Patel. From where the heck this Kulbhushan Jhadav thingy came in?
 
Really, what did your country do to save the Indians from Somali pirates, have you got any self respect left, if it had not been saved by Pakistani people your fellow countrymen would have still been waiting their for rescue. Jokers can only chest thump.
even we arrange money for them :agree:
 
I think this is not practical till the government keeps shooting down proposals to openly declare Pakistan as a hostile state, in the parliament.

India's problem is that we like to chain ourselves in rules made by third parties and have no bearing on anyone but us.

Out of the way would do nothing for him.

I don't understand how does she plan to rescue Kulbhushan Jadhav diplomatically.

One thing we can do for future references, is that we can withdraw from the Geneva Conventions which is a burden on democratic states.
 
I think this is not practical till the government keeps shooting down proposals to openly declare Pakistan as a hostile state, in the parliament.

India's problem is that we like to chain ourselves in rules made by third parties and have no bearing on anyone but us.

Out of the way would do nothing for him.

I don't understand how does she plan to rescue Kulbhushan Jadhav diplomatically.

One thing we can do for future references, is that we can withdraw from the Geneva Conventions which is a burden on democratic states.
You mean Hussein Mubarak Patel?
 
yes thats the only thing you can do ... Bunch of cowards who feel proud for stabbing in the back ...

Don't have balls to doa surgial strike and get jadah released ... :yahoo:
press same charges on this guy... We would know how neighbor feel..

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I don't understand how does she plan to rescue Kulbhushan Jadhav diplomatically.

Indian Govt itself has closed the door of diplomacy by ignoring Nawaz Sharif Govt. This is where they have went wrong.

I think this is not practical till the government keeps shooting down proposals to openly declare Pakistan as a hostile state, in the parliament.

Like your Govt doesn't call Pakistan a terrorist state every now and then. Whom are you fooling ? Problem with Indians is, none of them have condemned their intelligence service malicious activities in Pakistan which is established fact now and when some one from your nation is caught, you all ppl cry innocent. Hypocrisy seems to have no limits when it comes to Indians.

We won't mind if Indians doesn't want any relations with Pakistan and can live in the bubble world of isolation Pakistan project till eternity. But at the same time, we won't let Indians playing games against our country.
 
I think this is not practical till the government keeps shooting down proposals to openly declare Pakistan as a hostile state, in the parliament.

India's problem is that we like to chain ourselves in rules made by third parties and have no bearing on anyone but us.

Out of the way would do nothing for him.

I don't understand how does she plan to rescue Kulbhushan Jadhav diplomatically.

One thing we can do for future references, is that we can withdraw from the Geneva Conventions which is a burden on democratic states.


did your democratic government even respected Geneva convention when they keep killing innocent Kashmirs and for yadahv in begging you wer saying he is not even your country men then you atleast accepted that he is your country men but not an officer then afterwards you said he was retired officer and now jumping alot here and their.

Does any country ever own any spy who got captured just tell me have any country or even you so called democrated country have ever accepted that yes he was our guy on spy mission we have captured many of your spies and those who deserve presentment we just inpression them and after their awarded time sent them back unlike you idiots who even never treated our poor fisher men or farmers who accidentally crossed loc and captured by bsf properly
 
India will go out of its way to save Jadhav from death row: Swaraj
Dawn.com: Updated about an hour ago


Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday assured lawmakers that New Delhi would go "out of its way" to save sentenced spy Kulbhushan Jadhav from death row in Pakistan, according to Indian media reports.

Calling Jadhav "a son of India", Swaraj issued a warning to Pakistan saying, "I would caution the Pakistani government to consider the consequences for our bilateral relationship if they proceed on this matter."

"Our position is very clear, there is no evidence of wrongdoing by Kulbhushan Jadhav," Swaraj told the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament.

"This is an act of premeditated murder," she said, referring to the death sentence handed to the Indian spy by a Field General Court Martial (FGCM) on Monday.

Swaraj assured parliamentarians that the government would not stop at just ensuring Jadhav has the best of lawyers to fight his case in the Supreme Court, but would "go out of the way to save him".

When asked by a lawmaker if the government would fight Jadhav's case in the Pakistani apex court, Swaraj said: "We will do more. We will take it up with the president [Mamnoon Hussain]," The Hindu reported.

The Indian minister of external affairs, Swaraj, alleged that Jadhav was awarded the death sentence on "concocted charges".

"Jadhav was doing a business in Iran and he was abducted and taken to Pakistan. We sought consular access, but were denied," she claimed. "He is innocent. They [Pakistan] seek through him to cast aspersions in India to hide their own role in terror."

Explore: Who is Kulbhushan Jadhav?

The lower house of the Indian parliament, the Lok Sabha, was united in condemning Jadhav's sentence.

Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh, addressing the Lok Sabha, said: "I condemn it [Jadhav's death sentence] as an illegal act against the norms of the rule of law and international convention."

"Whatever has to be done to do justice with Kulbhushan will be done by the government," he added.

Jadhav's arrest and trial
Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested on March 3, 2016, through a counter-intelligence operation in Balochistan's Mashkel area for his involvement in espionage and sabotage activities against Pakistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Monday.

Although the accused had been provided with a defending officer as per legal provisions, according to ISPR, Pakistan had turned down India's request seeking consular access to Jadhav last year due to his involvement in "subversive activities" in the country.

Jadhav was tried by the FGCM under Section 59 of the PAA and Section 3 of the official Secret Act of 1923, the statement said.

Jadhav confessed before a magistrate and court that he was tasked by Indian spy agency Research and Analysis wing to plan, coordinate and organise espionage and sabotage activities seeking to destabilise and wage war against Pakistan through impeding the efforts of law enforcement agencies for the restoration of peace in Balochistan and Karachi, the ISPR said.

Following the announcement, India summoned Pakistan's High Commissioner to New Delhi Abdul Basit on Monday and handed over a demarche saying, "If this sentence against an Indian citizen, awarded without observing basic norms of law and justice, is carried out, the government and people of India will regard it as a case of premeditated murder."

Dawn reported that Jadhav now has 40 days to file an appeal against the FGCM in the army’s court of appeal, according to retired Col Inamur Rahim, a military law expert.

In case the appeal court upholds the FGCM verdict, Jadhav would have the opportunity to seek mercy from the army chief and the president of Pakistan.

Simultaneously, Col Inam said, the convict could approach a high court if he felt that due process was not observed during his trial and his fundamental rights as an accused were not fulfilled.

Experts view the military's announcement about Jadhav's trial and prosecution as an unprecedented move, viewing it as a strong message to India as well as other foreign intelligence agencies.

"Out of the way".... Does it mean Katrina and Saif are coming to Pakistan toi fight there way to Yadav and escape to india with him, one of the lead character should die to make it more saucy :bunny::bunny:
 
id your democratic government even respected Geneva convention when they keep killing innocent Kashmirs and for yadahv in begging you wer saying he is not even your country men then you atleast accepted that he is your country men but not an officer then afterwards you said he was retired officer and now jumping alot here and their.

Geneva Conventions are for sovereign nations; example, if this was to be about POWs from Pakistan that were captured here, will be treated as POW guidelines in the GC.

It has nothing to do with dealing with anti-national elements within one's own national territory.

Does any country ever own any spy who got captured just tell me have any country or even you so called democrated country have ever accepted that yes he was our guy on spy mission we have captured many of your spies and those who deserve presentment we just inpression them and after their awarded time sent them back unlike you idiots who even never treated our poor fisher men or farmers who accidentally crossed loc and captured by bsf properly

Your agencies caught someone from Iran off-coast where he was doing business. Which spy working in that specific country takes his or her native passport can you please tell me?

Even ISI doesn't do that.

So capturing someone from another country of India is what the same has happened for your retired Army officer.

You release this guy in exchange of your officer. Simple.
 
We will make that officer cry cry and wail for death,we will also execute fishermen or any thing in the Arabian sea. Thanks for this mauka because we will use it to the optimum
 

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