Islamabad
\nPakistan on Friday claimed that it did not make an attempt to link the Kulbhushan Jadhav case with that of another Indian prisoner.The remarks of the Foreign Office came a day after Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava, at a media briefing in New Delhi, said: \u201cPakistan is trying to link the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav with another prisoner\u2019s case,\u201d asserting that Pakistan has failed to respond on core issues pertaining to the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Pakistani media reports claimed that the counsel for the Indian High Commission, Shahnawaz Noon, had told the Islamabad High Court that Deputy Indian High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia wanted to explain India\u2019s stance over appointment of a lawyer for death-row prisoner Jadhav, New Delhi said Noon had made the remarks without any authorisation and appeared to have acted under pressure from the Pakistani establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Giving a background to the other case, Srivastava said in a routine consular practice, Noon was selected by the Indian High Commission to appear in the case for release and repatriation of Indian prisoner Mohammad Ismail, who has completed his sentence but continues to be in jail in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHowever, during proceedings of the case regarding Ismail, Pakistan Attorney General raised the matter pertaining to Jadhav, though the two cases are not connected in any way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMr Noon is reported to have made those statements which are not true and are in contravention of our stand in the case. He appears to have acted under pressure from the Pakistani establishment to make such statements for which he has no authorisation,\u201d Srivastava said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Noon had misrepresented the position of the Indian High Commission, the MEA spokesperson said, adding that he was clearly told by the Indian High Commission that he had no authority to represent either the government of India or Jadhav.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Indian mission in Islamabad has written to Noon reiterating that he has no authority to represent Jadhav and has no basis to suggest that the Indian Charge d\u2019Affaires Ahluwalia would appear in the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reacting to the MEA\u2019s remarks, the FO here termed them as \u201cincorrect and misleading assertions\u201d in the Jadhav case.It said during the course of the proceedings, to show the discrepancy in India\u2019s position, the Attorney-General for Pakistan cited the case of Ismail where the Indian High Commission had instructed Noon as its lawyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The FO said no attempt was made to link the Jadhav case with that of another Indian prisoner as they were and remain entirely distinct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pakistan has already provided consular access to the Indian High Commission twice and has taken all necessary steps for effective review and reconsideration in the case, the FO said, adding that the offer for a third consular access is still there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fifty-year-old retired Indian Navy officer Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2017, India approached the ICJ against Pakistan for denial of consular access to Jadhav and challenging the death sentence handed to him by a military court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hague-based ICJ ruled in July 2019 that Pakistan must undertake an \u201ceffective review and reconsideration\u201d of the conviction and sentence of Jadhav and also to grant consular access to India without further delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Pakistani court was informed on October 6 that India failed to appoint a lawyer to represent Jadhav in the case of the review of his death sentence by a military court in this country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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