http://zeenews.india.com/india/afte...alleged-indian-spy-from-pakistan-2003798.html
Quetta: A day after the International Court of Justice suspended the death sentence on Kulbhushan Jadhav by a Pakistani military court, it was revealed on Wednesday that Iran has sent a request to Pakistan to get access to the alleged Indian spy for interrogation.
Notably, Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran where he was involved in business activities after retiring from the Indian Navy but Pakistan claimed to have arrested him from Balochistan on March 03, 2016.
Daily Pakistan has, meanwhile, quoted BBC as saying that Iranian Council General Muhammad Rafi, during a press conference in Quetta, said that no development was made on the request so far, as negotiations are underway.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the ICJ said: "On 8 May 2017, the Republic of India instituted proceedings against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, accusing the latter of egregious violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations' (hereinafter the Vienna Convention') in the matter of the detention and trial of an Indian national, Mr. Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, sentenced to death by a military court in Pakistan."
Pakistan has alleged that Jadhav worked for the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) fuelling the Baloch separatist movement and attempting to sabotage the CPEC project.
A military court sentenced him to death on April 10 on charges of espionage and waging war against Islamabad.
New Delhi had warned that if Jadhav was hanged, it would be considered "premeditated murder" by Islamabad.
Since Jadhav's alleged arrest in Pakistan in March last year, India sought consular access to him 16 times till this month but Islamabad refused to respond.
(With Agency inputs)
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/168/19420.pdf
http://zeenews.india.com/india/stay...o-divert-attention-says-pakistan-2003804.html
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja M Asif tweeted: "Indian letter to ICJ attempt to divert attention from state-sponsored terrorism in Pakistan. Kulbushan convicted of offences against national security."
Earlier, news channel
Times Now had quoted Pakistan Foreign Secretary saying in one of her tweets that the ICJ has crossed its limit in the Kulbhushan Jadhav sentencing case, which is unacceptable.
The reactions came shortly after the ICJ last night told Pakistan not to hang Jadhav, sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of promoting terrorism in its territory and spying for India.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had this morning confirmed the development through a tweet.
"I have spoken to the mother of #KulbhushanJadhav and told her about the order of President, ICJ under Art 74 Paragraph 4 of Rules of Court," Swaraj said in a tweet.
She also said that legal luminary Harish Salve was representing the country on the matter.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the ICJ said, "On 8 May 2017, the Republic of India instituted proceedings against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, accusing the latter of blatant violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations' (hereinafter the aVienna Convention') in the matter of the detention and trial of an Indian national, Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, sentenced to death by a military court in Pakistan."
"The Applicant contends that it was not informed of Jadhav's detention until long after his arrest and that Pakistan failed to inform the accused of his rights," the statement said.
India had moved the court on Monday seeking a set of reliefs including "by way of suspension of the sentence of death awarded to the accused", and "restraining Pakistan from giving effect to the sentence awarded by the military court".
It had also sought the sentence of the military court "arrived in brazen defiance of Vienna Convention rights" as well as the rights of the accused be declared violative of international law.
Citing "the extreme gravity and immediacy of the threat that authorities in Pakistan will execute an Indian citizen in violation of obligations Pakistan owes India", it urged the court to deliver an order indicating provisional measures immediately "without waiting for an oral hearing".
Jadhav, a former Indian naval officer, was allegedly arrested in Balochistan in March 2016 and Pakistan said Jadhav worked for the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) fuelling the Baloch separatist movement and attempting to sabotage the CPEC project.
A military court sentenced him to death on April 10 on charges of espionage and waging war against Islamabad.
New Delhi had warned that if Jadhav was hanged, it would be considered "premeditated murder" by Islamabad.
Since Jadhav's alleged arrest in Pakistan in March last year, India sought consular access to him 16 times till this month but Islamabad refused to respond.
With PTI inputs
************
http://zeenews.india.com/india/kulb...d-be-equal-to-murder-warns-india-2003899.html
Dhule: While crediting the Indian Government for maintaining international pressure on Pakistan leading to stay on alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav's execution, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre on Wednesday said they don't agree with Islamabad's decision and would rather term it as a 'murder.'
Bhamre also maintained that the allegations levelled against Jadhav are 'baseless'.
"The allegations levelled against Kulbhushan Jadhav are baseless. Our Home Minister and External Affairs Minister have always maintained the same. The punishment of execution announced by Pakistan Military Court is wrong and we don't agree to it. We would term it as a murder. The Indian Government always tried to maintain international pressure on Pakistan. It is the result of the same that we have got stay. All the Indians are happy with this," Bhamre told ANI.
The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, put a stay on the death sentence given by Pakistan to Jadhav.
The development came after India instituted proceedings against Pakistan, accusing the latter of "egregious violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations" in the matter of detention and trial of Jadhav, and sought a stay on his death sentence.
India on Monday contended that it was not informed of Jadhav's detention until long after his arrest and that Pakistan failed to inform the accused of his rights, an official release from the ICJ said.
India further said that, in violation of the Vienna Convention, the authorities of Pakistan were denying it its right of consular access to Jadhav, despite its repeated requests. It's also pointed out that India learned about the "death sentence against Jadhav from a press release."
India submitted that it had 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 March 3, 2016, and that the Indian authorities were notified of that arrest on March 25, 2016.
India also asked the ICJ to declare the decision illegal being violative of international law and treaty rights and restrain Pakistan from acting in violation of the Vienna Convention and international law by giving effect to the sentence or the conviction in any manner, and directing it to release the convicted Indian National forthwith, if Pakistan is unable to annul the decision.
Pakistan had claimed that Jadhav was arrested from the Baluchistan province last year. A military court sentenced him to death, alleging he was involved in espionage and anti-national activities. Pakistan also claimed that he was "a serving officer in the Indian Navy."
This led to an outrage in India and other countries, which criticised Pakistan for sentencing Jadhav to death with formally informing New Delhi.
India outrightly denied the claims, saying Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran where he was running a business, and adding he was a retired Navy officer.
Pakistan has turned down 16 requests from India for consular access to Jadhav.