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Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre today said Pakistan was forced to grant permission to Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife to meet him because of India’s constant pressure through international forums.

Bhamre said on the sidelines of a function in Pune that Pakistan was constantly denying permission to his family to meet him, but the pressure exerted by India through the international forum, forced them to grant a permission to his family to meet him. he minister said, India will continue to exert pressure on Pakistan to cancel the death punishment of Jadhav and release him.

The Pakistani authorities had yesterday said they would allow Jadhav to meet his wife, months after India’s request to Islamabad to grant a visa to the former Navy officer’s mother on humanitarian grounds.