Pakistan To Grant Consular Access To Kulbhushan Jadhav: Foreign Ministry

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan will grant consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav according to the Pakistani laws, for which the modalities are being worked out, the Foreign Ministry has said.

The ministry also said that Jadhav had been informed of his rights under the Vienna Convention on consular relations.

“Pursuant to the decision of the ICJ, Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav has been informed of his rights under Article 36, Paragraph 1(b) of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

“As a responsible state, Pakistan will grant consular access to Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav according to Pakistani laws, for which modalities are being worked out,” it said.

Jadhav, 49, a retired Indian Navy officer, 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, seeking a stay on his death sentence and further remedies.