ISLAMABAD: A larger bench of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday granted India one more opportunity to assist the court in case seeking to appoint a lawyer for spy Kulbhushan Jadhav to contest his appeal in light of the decision of International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The court sought reply from Indian High Commission till next date of hearing and adjourned the case till June 15.
Chief Justice Athar Minallah noted that the counsel of Indian High Commission had filed a miscellaneous application which reflected that the neighboring country had some misunderstandings regarding the court proceeding. Apparently, it seemed that India was not willing to cooperate with Pakistan for implementation of ICJ decision—Justice Minallah remarked.
Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Javed appeared before the court and informed it that India had rejected the suggestion of Pakistan to appoint a counsel for his spy.
The India had adopted the stance that appearing before Pakistani courts would be an act against its sovereignty, he said, adding that but at the same time the neighboring country had approached a Pakistani court for release of its four citizens.
The AGP said that if India had objection over appearing before Pakistani courts in Jadhav case then why it had approached IHC in matter of its other citizens.