Jadhav’s mother, Avantika Jadhav, had submitted a visa application at the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi soon after her son was sentenced to death in April. External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has written a “personal letter” to Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan’s foreign policy chief, about her visa application. (AFP)The Indian government has not heard from Pakistan through diplomatic channels on the request for a visa for Jadhav’s mother, he added. Baglay was responding to a question about the Pakistan Foreign Office’s comment that the visa request was being considered. In May, the International Court of Justice stayed Jadhav’s execution till it decides on India’s application that his death sentence should be annulled.

Source: Hindustan Times July 13, 2017 11:28 UTC