Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday said that it was “travesty of logic” to link the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav with civilian prisoners, a day after India sought early consular access to its national sentenced to death by a military court. “Indian attempt to equate commander Jadhav’s case with civilian prisoners and fishermen is a travesty of logic,” the foreign office said in a statement in Islamabad. According to the list Pakistan shared with India, at least 546 Indian nationals, including nearly 500 fishermen, are languishing in jails in that country. The foreign office said that five Indian nationals who completed their sentence were repatriated on 22 June. “In contrast, 20 Pakistani civilian prisoners who have completed their sentence still await repatriation, while consular access to 107 Pakistani fishermen and 85 civilian Pakistani prisoners is also pending,” it said.

Source: Mint July 02, 2017 10:41 UTC