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Pakistan would provide detained Indian Kulbhushan Jadhav consular access today -Monday in accordance with local laws and international agreements, the Pak Foreign Office said.
According to Pak Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal, Jadhav “remains in Pakistan’s custody”.
Earlier Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi while speaking to media said Pakistan was obligated to the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) decisions and would, accordingly, provide consular access to Jadhav.
On July 17, the ICJ had dismissed New Delhi’s plea for Jadhav’s acquittal and release, concluding that India’s submission could not be upheld. It had said the Jadhav’s conviction and sentence were not to be regarded as a violation of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention.
ICJ dismisses India’s plea for Kulbhushan Jadhav’s acquittal, release
The ICJ had allowed India consular access to Jadhav and called on Islamabad Pakistan to review and reconsider his conviction and sentence.