16 September, 2017
The Pakistan Foreign Office on Friday said that it had received India's written pleadings to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in connection with case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, a retired Indian navy officer sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court for alleged espionage.
It said that the memorial is under consideration by a team of lawyers and experts, led by the Attorney General of Pakistan.
On June 16, the ICJ had turned down India's request to give it six months to file pleadings before the court in Jadhav's case.
"Pakistan has clear stance in the Kulbushan Yadav's case that Indian spy has been involved in terrorists activities in Pakistan due to this it has also suffered a loss of precious lives, cleared in the statement".
The ICJ has suspended the death sentence of Jadhav after India moved the court in May, requesting immediate suspension of the death sentence. It also alleged that it was "not informed of Jadhav's detention until long after his arrest", and learned about his death sentence through the media.
Pakistan claims its security forces arrested Jadhav from the restive Balochistan province on March 3 previous year after he reportedly entered from Iran.
India, however, maintains that Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran where he had business interests after retiring from the Indian Navy.
Self-confessed Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav.
Pakistan shall take all measures at its disposal to ensure that Jadhav is not executed pending the final decision in these proceedings, ordered Judge Ronny Abraham, president of the court, as he announced the decision.
"His goal was to disrupt the development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), with Gwadar port as a special target", Bajwa had said, adding: "This is nothing short of state-sponsored terrorism..." In a video confession released soon after, he confessed to being a spy for India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and was sent to Pakistan to plan, coordinate and organise espionage and sabotage activities in Balochistan and Karachi with the aim to destabilise and initiate war within Pakistan.
Jadhav was tried by an FGCM under Section 59 of the Pakistan Army Act and Section 3 of the Official Secrets Act of 1923.
In April 2017, he was convicted by a military court and sentenced to death.
