Pakistan says consular access to Jadhav on merit basis

Islamabad, April 27: The decision to provide consular access to alleged India ‘spy’ Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been awarded death sentence in Pakistan, will be taken on merit, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. Foreign Office spokesperson fees Zakaria told the media that Jadhav was prosecuted as per Pakistani law and his statements helped in intercepting a terrorist network in the country.

“We already have evidence in the Jadhav case,” Geo TV quoted Zakaria as saying. Jadhav, whose family stays in Mumbai and who was reportedly arrested in Balochistan, has been charged with espioge and waging war against Pakistan. India says he was abducted from Tehran, Iran.The Foreign Office spokesman said former Tehreek-e-Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan in a recent confession video “has disclosed the presence of Research and Alysis Wing’s (RAW) presence” in Pakistan. Urging the intertiol community to take notice of Ehsan’s confessiol video, Zakaria told the media that the former TTP spokesman’s “statement exposed the real face of India”. (IANS)