Pakistan to allow consular access to Indian spy
BBC, London
Pakistan has said it will follow a UN courts order to allow consular access to an Indian navy officer convicted of spying.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday that Islamabad had violated international law by denying access to Kulbhushan Jadhav.
Islamabad said the access would be granted according to Pakistani laws. Jadhav was arrested in Pakistan in March 2016 and sentenced to death by a military court a year later.
The Hague-based ICJ ruled that Pakistan had failed to inform Jadhav of his rights, and deprived the Indian government of the right to communicate with and have access to [him], to visit him in detention and to arrange for his legal representation.
Islamabad has said that Jadhav has been informed of his rights under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
As a responsible state, Pakistan will grant consular access to Commander Kulbushan Jadhav according to Pakistani laws, for which modalities are being worked out, Pakistans foreign office said.
The ICJ has also asked Pakistan to review Jadhavs death penalty.
A continued stay of execution constitutes an indispensible condition for the effective review and reconsideration of the conviction and sentence, the court said.
