Meeting of Jadhav to his kin purely on humanitarian grounds, no threat of immediate execution: Pakistan

NewsBharati    22-Dec-2017
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Islamabad, December 22: Pakistan has confirmed that the Kulbhushan Jadhav not under any threat of immediate execution and his meeting with his wife and mother had been arranged purely on humanitarian grounds.

Answering a question on the possible immediate execution of the convicted spy and this being his last meeting with his family, the Pakistani foreign office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal assured that Jadhav is under no threat of immediate execution and his mercy petitions are still pending.

"The mother and wife of Commander Jhadev are being provided with a meeting with him in the light of Islamic traditions and based on purely humanitarian grounds," Faisal said.

Also, he said that the country is ready to permit media interaction with the wife and mother of convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav. Elaborating further, the spokesperson said the meeting would be held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and would take place on December 25.

Earlier, addressing media in New Delhi, MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the two countries are engaged in finalising modalities for the meeting.

Yesterday, the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi had issued visas to the mother and wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav to visit Islamabad to meet him.

Jadhav is in a Pakistani jail over alleged espionage charges. An Indian diplomat will accompany them during the meeting. Earlier, the External Affairs Ministry spokesperson had said, there has been no consular access to India by Pakistan to meet Jadhav.

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