ISLAMABAD – Pakistan will present its arguments in the Kulbhushan Jadhavcase in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on February 19, announcedForeign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
Speaking to the media in Manchester, the UK, he said Pakistan’s legal teamhas prepared its arguments in the case of alleged Indian spy Jadhav.
Pakistan says security forces arrested Jadhav from Balochistan in March,2016 after he entered the country illegally from Iran. India denies thesecharges and says he was kidnapped from Iran. India approached the ICJagainst Jadhav’s conviction as a spy.
On May 18, 2017, the ICJ ordered Pakistan to stop Jadhav’sexecution. “Pakistan should take all measures to ensure that Mr Jadhav isnot executed till the final decision of this court,” the ICJ said in itsjudgment.
In April 2017, Jadhav had been court-martialled and sentenced to death by amilitary tribunal for espionage and fomenting terrorism in Pakistan.
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“The spy has been tried through Field General Court Martial (FGCM) underthe Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and awarded the death sentence,” the military’spublic affairs wing, ISPR said. The FGCM is the military equivalent of acivilian criminal trial and is conducted by a military tribunal.
The ICJ will hold the public hearings from February 18 to February 21 atThe Hague. The first round of oral arguments will take place on February18, when India will argue from 10am to 1pm. Pakistan will put forth theirfirst round arguments on February 19 from 10am to 1pm.
