Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal in a video message posted on social media said that Indian arguments had nothing new.
The four-day trial opened Monday at the ICJ headquarters in The Hague amidst heightened tensions between India and Pakistan following Pulwama terror attacks.
At least 40 CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on February 14 in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir when a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide bomber rammed a vehicle with explosives into their bus in Pulwama district.
India, during the first day of the hearing, based its case on two broad issues -- breach of Vienna Convention on consular access and the process of resolution.
International Court of Justice to resume hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case from today
Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017.
The hearings will be streamed live and on demand (VOD) in English and French on the Court’s website as well as on UN Web TV.
Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court for espionage in April 2017 following which India moved the ICJ. A 10-member ICJ bench restrained Pakistan from executing Jadhav till the case was adjudicated on.
Pakistan claim that its security forces arrested Jadhav from its Balochistan province in March, 2016 after he reportedly entered from Iran. India denies all charges.
Pakistan’s petition will be in response to pleadings filed by India on April 17, in the Hague-based International Court of Justice.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on January 23 gave a timeline to both Pakistan and India for filing another round of memorials in the case.
The fresh trial comes despite the International Court of Justice restraining Pakistan from executing the jailed Indian till adjudication of the case before it.
"The report is riddled with factual inaccuracies and presents a false story which is concocted and mischievous," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.
Jadhav, 46, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April, following which India moved The Hague-based ICJ in May.
Jadhav was captured by Pakistan in 2016 and was sentenced to death by a military court martial last year. India appealed to the International Court of Justice against his sentence and the court has stayed his execution.
In the protest named ‘Chappal Chor Pakistan’, protestors donated used shoes to the embassy saying that ‘protest is in solidarity with Jadhav’s family’.
The External Affairs Ministry in Delhi dismissed the video as "propagandistic exercise" which "simply carries no credibility".
The statement comes in the wake of a fresh video released by Pakistan in which Jadhav is apparently accusing Indian diplomat of yelling at his mother.
Kulbhushan Jadhav is heard asking India why it is lying about him not working for an intelligence agency, as Pakistan alleges.
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