WEB DESK
Islamabad on Thursday said the application of Avantika Jadhav the mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav who is in Pakistan jail, is currently ‘under review’.
the response came days aftetr after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj lambasted Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister, for not even acknowledging a ‘personal letter’ requesting visa for the mother of Kulbashan Jadhav,
Jadhav, a former officer in the Indian Navy, is currently on death row in Pakistan on charges of espionage and subversive activities. Pakistan has denied at least 15 requests by India for consular access to Jadhav and has put on hold the visa application of his mother.
Jadhav was in April sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court. India moved the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the death penalty where the case is currently pending.
In a statement on Thursday, Nafees Zakaria, the spokesperson of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the pending visa application of Jadhav’s mother is currently under review.
