Pakistan may submit details of Jadhav's meeting with family to ICJ

Islamabad will urge the ICJ to dismiss the case: sources

KARACHI: Pakistan is contemplating making spy Kulbhushan Jadhav's meeting with his family part of the case pending with the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

A legal team will submit the details of the meeting, which took place on humanitarian grounds, with the ICJ on or before the next hearing, Roznama Express has learnt.

On Tuesday, India accused Pakistan of harassing the family of the spy on death row. However, Pakistan rejected these allegations, saying the spy's mother had publicly thanked Pakistan for the humanitarian gesture and that nothing more needed to be said.

A day earlier, Jadhav met his mother and wife in Islamabad, their first meeting since his arrest from Balochistan last year on charges of espionage and terrorism.

The team will proceed with the statement after an approval by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in this regard, according to sources.

The move is aimed at restraining India from further propaganda against Pakistan in the case.

Insiders said Jadhav's meeting with his family had not been arranged under any international law, such as Vienna Convention or Geneva Convention.

Following the submission of the application, sources said, Pakistan will contend that the case does not fall in the purview of ICJ and that India's plea to save the spy, who is responsible for terrorism in Balochistan, should be rejected.

It will be asserted that Jadhav is not a diplomat but a serving commander in the Indian navy who was caught spying last year.

Finally, Pakistan will ask the ICJ to dismiss the case as it isn't authorised to hear the case of a terrorist.