The international court also ordered Pakistan for “effective review and reconsideration of the conviction and sentence,” according to a document on the court’s website. Statement by the @ForeignOfficePk spokesperson, Dr Muhammad Faisal, outside the International Court of Justice, at The Hague. “Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav is responsible for acts of sabotage, espionage and multiple terrorist incidents in which scores of innocent Pakistani citizens were killed resulting into umpteen women being widowed and numerous children becoming orphans. Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav has confessed all these acts during his trial in Pakistani court in front of a Judicial Magistrate. This is a clear case of Indian state terrorism.”TimelineMarch 3, 2016: Kulbhushan Jadhav arrested in Balochistan for espionageApril 10, 2017: Military court sentences Kulbhushan Jadhav to deathMay 8, 2017: India approaches the ICJ against Pakistan for denying consular access to Kulbhushan JadhavJuly 13, 2018: ICJ stays Kulbhushan Jadhav’s execution in PakistanFeb 22, 2019: ICJ reserves judgement in the caseJuly 17, 2019: ICJ rejects India’s plea for acquittal, repatriation of Kulbhushan Jadhav, grants him consular access, asks Pakistan to review conviction.

Source: The Express Tribune July 17, 2019 13:16 UTC