ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday confirmed that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will announce its verdict the Kulbhushan Jadhav case on July 17. Jadhav, an Indian spy, had been sentenced to death in April 2017 by a Pakistani military court over charges of espionage, following which India moved The Hague-based ICJ. A 10-member bench of the ICJ had in May 2017, restrained Pakistan from executing Jadhav till adjudication of the case. Pakistan accused India of using ICJ for “political theatre” as it urged judges to dismiss India’s case seeking to save spy Jadhav from execution. In April 2017, the convicted Indian spy filed a mercy petition to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Source: Pakistan Today July 04, 2019 14:37 UTC