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Pakistan To Issue Visa To Kulbhushan Jadhav’s Mother And Wife, Says Sushma Swaraj
Swarajya Staff
Dec 08, 2017, 03:56 PM | Updated 03:56 PM IST
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Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said today (8 December) that Pakistan has conveyed to India that it will issue visas to the mother and wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of alleged espionage and terrorism.
In Islamabad, a spokesperson of the Foreign Office said that it will allow convicted Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet his wife and mother on 25 December.
Swaraj announced in a series of tweets today.
Government of Pakistan has conveyed that they will give visa to the mother and wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav. /1
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) December 8, 2017
I have spoken to Mrs. Avantika Jadhav mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav and informed her about this. /2
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) December 8, 2017
Earlier Pakistan had agreed to give visa only to the wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav. On this we asked Pakistan to give visa to the mother as well. We also raised concern about their safety and security in Pakistan. /3
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) December 8, 2017
We had also asked that a diplomatic officer of Indian High Commission should accompany them while they are in Pakistan. / 4
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) December 8, 2017
Pakistan has agreed to facilitate the visit of mother and wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav and assured us of their safety, security and freedom of movement in Pakistan. /5
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) December 8, 2017
Swaraj said Pakistan had earlier agreed to give a visa only to Jadhav's wife but India asked that a visa should also be given to his mother.
The minister also said she has spoken to Jadhav's mother, Avantika Jadhav, and informed her about it.
Jadhav, 47, was given death sentence by a Pakistani Army court in April, following which India moved the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in May. The ICJ halted the execution after India's appeal pending the final verdict by it.
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