In its 2019 ruling, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) had asked Pakistan to give an effective review and reconsideration to Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case.
An offer and a reckoning
Opinion
May 7, 2021
After the February 25 LOC ceasefire, agreed upon by Pakistani and Indian DGMOs, several exchanges followed between the two governments in the shape of letters and greetings etc, which left little doubt that background meetings between India and Pakistan officials were underway.
The Indian media briefed by its officials was first out with the story: that there had been exchanges between the security officials of the two countries, a timeline of actions was agreed upon, and the process of bilateral dialogue and the revival of Saarc including the arrival of Indian Prime Minister Modi in Pakistan for the Saarc summit before the year end was all but sorted out. This is what the Indian media had reported.
IHC needs India’s assistance not submission
Says right now it is only trying to figure out how ICJ order can be implemented
Kulbushan Jadhav. SCREEN GRAB
ISLAMABAD:
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) – while hearing the government’s plea to appoint a counsel for convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav – has noted that submission to the jurisdiction of any court is “quite distinct” from appearing before a court to assist it in a matter.
At the last hearing of the case, Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Javed Khan had informed the court that India has contended that appearance of its consul before a Pakistani court to defend Jadhav would amount to submission to the jurisdiction of the court and will violate its “sovereign immunity”.