ICJ Begins Hearing Kulbhushan Jadhav Case

A delegation of Pakistan is present in Hague for the case.

Islamabad (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 18th February, 2019) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has resumed hearing the Kulbhushan Jadhav case.

A delegation of Pakistan is present in Hague for the case.

The world court has set a timetable for public hearings from February 18 to 21 in The Hague.

The Pakistani team will be given a chance to present their case on Feb 20. The Indian team will initiate presenting arguments today.

On Feb 21, the Pakistani lawyers will submit their statement in response to India's arguments.

The officials of Law Ministry, Foreign Ministry and attorney general of Pakistan are among the delegation.

Last week, Pakistan presented a fact sheet with evidence obtained from Jadhav after his arrest and during the criminal process.

India claims that Jadhav was no more serving in the navy, however it didn't furnish proofs in the ICJ.

Pakistani security agencies on March 24, 2016 apprehended an on-duty RAW agent from Balochistan. The suspect was said to be an officer of the Indian navy working for the covert agency to destabilize Pakistan. The operative had contacts with banned organizations and was working on plans to break Karachi and Balochistan away from Pakistan, and to sabotage the billion Dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.

On March 25, a day after the arrest, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said the Indian man arrested from Balochistan has no connection with the government, however, admitted that Kulbhushan Jadhav is a former officer of the Indian navy. Jadhav acquired premature retirement from the Indian navy and since then the government has nothing to do with him, Vikas Swarup, then spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, had claimed.

On April 10, Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed his death sentence awarded by Field General Court Martial (FGCM). The spy was tried under Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and awarded death sentence.

He confessed before a Magistrate and the Court that he was tasked by RAW to plan, coordinate and organize espionage/sabotage activities aiming to destabilize and wage war against Pakistan by impeding the efforts of Law Enforcement Agencies for restoring peace in Balochistan and Karachi.