India has informed Islamabad that the mother and wife of convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav will arrive in Pakistan on December 25 to hold a meeting with the RAW agent.
The two women will arrive in the country through a commercial flight and will leave Pakistan the same day after the meeting, the Foreign Office said on Saturday, Dawn has reported.
Indian deputy high commissioner in Islamabad will accompany the duo during the meeting. One or two officers of the FO will also be present during this time.
New Delhi conveyed this information to Islamabad after Pakistan gave India the deadline of tonight to provide the requisite information about the spy's family members' visit or risk the meeting being deferred or cancelled.
The sources had earlier said that Pakistan has completed the preparations to arrange the meeting between Jadhav and his family next week, but India was delaying providing relevant information about his mother and wife's visit to Islamabad.
The Indian High Commission was informed about the issuance of the deadline, the sources had said. They said Pakistan needed time to bring Jadhav to the Foreign Office and for other security-related matters.
Until this moment, India had not communicated to Pakistan when and through which flight the two women would reach Islamabad, the sources had said. It was also not made clear whether Jadhav's two children would also travel to Pakistan.
In preparation for the meeting, Pakistan has deployed security and traffic personnel within and outside the FO.
The meeting will last between 15 minutes to an hour, diplomatic sources said. They said Jadhav's mother and wife would be allowed to speak to media representatives if they so desire.
This meeting between the spy and his family members will not be the last, the sources said.