Indian activists pose with pictures of late Sarabjit Singh as they pay tribute to him in Kolkata. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
Jas Uppal, who is based out of UK, accuses past Indian governments for neglecting the Indian PoWs held in Pakistan, and intends to move the ICJ in a bid to pressurise the Pakistan government into sharing more information on the prisoners.
"Pakistan authorities should have kept the records of Indian PoWs under the rule of Geneva Conventions and it is the duty of Indian government to find out what had happened to the captured Indian army soldiers in Pakistan," says Uppal.
The report added that the ‘Missing Defense Personals Relative Association’ had submitted a list of 54 PoWs along with proof of their presence in Pakistan to the Pakistani government. The Pakistan government, though, has officially denied holding PoWs.
"This is not the answer and it certainly should not have been accepted by the successive governments of India, to do so, is to deny that these brave men in uniform were ever born, this would have never happened in the West. "
Uppal, who ran the ‘Free Sarabjit Singh’ campaign online, claims she has been contacted by many families who believe their relatives are held as PoWs in Pakistan.
“I have been contacted by a number of families of Indian PoWs - some from the official list of the 54 Indian PoWs and families of others who are not on the official list.”
Not having the license to practice in India, Uppal plans to have a colleague move the case through Indian courts over to the ICJ.
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please a damn "SERIOUS" request to my third word citizens that we must overcome the theories of fascism its ruining our societies, . we all are south Asians and we need to follow the science of economics and a proper mechanism and ideology of a society in order to have a common economic corridor to resolve the meaningless disputes... being a common man isn't its our right to educate our children in the schools of our land? isn't its our right to act as commoners and stay upright in demand of public services... i guess media may or may not be playing an important role science they are bound with the science of economics. the funding of other countries is not appropriate in towards a veil of development ..its about social scientific expertise to let us know to how to maintain our native heritage and hence develop economics...pakistan is suffering from sanction hence their stock exchange will never grow ... why shouldn't it be???....everything is interconnect like science just like our human DNA ...we must understand that int he age of rocket science why are we fighting over nonsense and obsolete issues..today society have access to science which mean a logical thinking ...why this backwardness, when science refutes us...meaning of Pakistan remains clear in its flag which is that they are secular modern south asian muslim which are in lieu with science hence they had a score to develop and not burn into radicalism it was and it still is adament in term of hindu radicalization goin in india with thousands of social scientific examples ...a vast definition of that... but i know ET will never publish it ... coz they are fascist too ..i don't intent to harm anybody's feeling just just sharing my thoughts..thats it
jas uppal is terribly mistaken if anything is ever gonna take place in india or pakistan... have you looked at the mechanism and the standards of those mechanisms in these countries????!!!! probably its a publicity stunt or what as a lawyer??? delhi gang rape is not sorted out in india and nothign ever sorts out in pakistan... everbody thinks they are clever here discussing about state and ICJs as if they all dont know the system ..???? lol
ET you are showing the face of a terrorist and telling us about the PoW, what sorcery is this?
Only a State can take another State to the ICJ and provided both States agree.
Here's a refresher course for everyone:
You can only take a State to the ICJ if that State agrees to the ICJ's jurisdiction in a particular dispute. In other words, only if Pakistan accepts ICJ's jurisdiction to adjudicate upon this issue, can it be taken to the ICJ.
It isn't like Indian prisons doesn't have Pakistanis, of no reason whatsoever. Executives of both the countries should look into this matter. Indian prison does have many Pakistani fishermen. All the PoWs and other innocent ppl should be released by both sides. India isn't innocent even.
India released 90,000 POWs in 1971 while Pakistan is still holding Indian POWs for last 42 years. No wonder India's soft power can be felt all over the world.
If Pakistan really has Indian POWs it's such a horrible thing.
India released 90k Pakistani POWs to save their lives, by completely disregarding the rights of Bangladeshis.
What was that for?
Its also publish more deeper crazy image of Pakistan in front of the world.
Admirable step. Though nothing much will come out of it, still it will remain recorded in the annals of ICJ.