Kulbhushan Jadhav, a 51-year-old retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017.
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Islamabad, October 5
A top court in Pakistan on Tuesday allowed India more time to appoint a lawyer to represent death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav in the court to hear a review of his conviction a
‘Lawfare’ being used as a tool against Pakistan: Farogh
Says Pakistan being subjected to lawfare to achieve political and economic goals ‘without any military war’
ISLAMABAD:
Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farogh Naseem has said that Pakistan was being subjected to ‘lawfare’ to achieve political and economic goals “without any military war”.
Addressing a seminar titled ‘Lawfare and Pakistan’ on Wednesday, the federal minister lamented that lawfare served as “both legitimate and illegitimate tool used as a weapon to force countries to surrender,” insisting that Pakistan was also a victim of the practice.
“We succeeded in implementing 26 of the 27-point FATF Action Plan. Yet the watchdog went on to keep the country on its grey list,” he said adding that Pakistan’s presence on the list stood in sharp contrast to the watchdog’s unfair treatment.