Feroze Lone, 29, and Noor Muhammad Wani, 24, from the Gurez area of J-K had been arrested in 2020 from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's Gilgit-Baltistan area on charges of espionage. Previous reports claimed that Pakistan had granted consular access to those Indians earlier this week.
Last month, Qatar accepted India's appeal against the death penalty to 8 Navy veterans, who were charged with espionage for Israel. There have been a total of three hearings in the case at Qatar's Court of Appeal so far, with the Indian Ambassador assuring them of all legal assistance.
Jadhav was purportedly "arrested" from Balochistan by Pakistani security forces on March 3, 2016, after he allegedly entered the country from Iran as claimed by Islamabad. India has rejected Pakistan's allegations about Jadhav's involvement in spying and subversive activities and said he was kidnapped from the Iranian port of Chabahar where he was running a business.
India on Thursday asked Pakistan to provide consular access to two of its nationals it has arrested and sought their repatriation without any harm.
Pakistan's offer has come amidst fresh Indo-Pak tensions which spiked after India abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke Jammu and Kashmir's special status and bifurcated it into two Union Territories.
Jadhav, 49, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of "espionage and terrorism" in April 2017, following which India had moved the International Court of Justice (ICJ), seeking a stay on his death sentence and further remedies.
One-hundred-thirty foreign students arrested by US authorities for enroling at a fake university allegedly to remain in the US are largely Indians. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents made the arrests on Wednesday.
Describing the Indian death-row prisoner as “the face of Indian terror”, Pakistan said that it would decide on consular access to him at an appropriate time.
Pakistan has allowed consular access to the Indian death row prisoner, Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif was quoted by a Pak media report as confirming.
Pakistan said that Jadhav is not an ordinary person as he had entered the country with the intent of spying and carrying out sabotage activities.
A day after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) stayed the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav pending its final verdict, people in Pakistan are now raising objections over why the Indian national was not allowed consular access
Upping the ante against India, Pakistan’s army ruled out on Monday consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a military court, days after New Delhi made a strong case for access to the alleged spy on death row.
Islamabad: Pakistan today said it was still considering India’s request for consular access to an alleged Indian ‘spy’ detained in the country and the issue would be considered under bilateral agreement on such matters. ”The
Lahore, Apr 28: The distraught family of a comatose Sarabjit Singh was on Sunday allowed to have a glimpse of him from a distance at the hospital where he is being treated after a brutal
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