India's ICJ petition attempts to divert attention from its support of terrorism in Pakistan: Kh Asif

India has filed a petition with the international court, urging it to suspend Kulbhushan Jadhav’s death sentence

A day after India petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to halt the execution of its spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has termed the move an attempt to divert attention from its role in fomenting terrorism in Pakistan.

"Indian letter to ICJ attempt to divert attention from state-sponsored terrorism in Pakistan," Asif tweeted on Wednesday.

“The Indian spy was convicted of offences against Pakistan’s national security."

Indian letter to ICJ attempt to divert attention frm state sponsored terrorism in Pak.Kulbushan convicted of offences against Nat security

— Khawaja M. Asif (@KhawajaMAsif) May 10, 2017

According to a statement issued by ICJ on Tuesday, India filed a petition with the court urging it to suspend Jadhav’s sentence and declare that it was arrived at “in brazen defiance of Vienna Convention rights”.

#ICJ PRESS RELEASES: #India institutes proceedings against Pakistan and requests provisional measures https://t.co/tYNEF7LY8k pic.twitter.com/sKWX5EmI9N

— CIJ_ICJ (@CIJ_ICJ) May 9, 2017

A special military court in Pakistan sentenced Jadhav, a Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) operative, to death for conducting espionage and terrorist activities against the state. He was caught from Balochistan in March 2016.