Pakistan says Jadhav, 46, was arrested in March last year in the restive Balochistan province. India argued during the hearing in the Dutch capital that Pakistan had violated the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations by not granting consular access to Jadhav even after 16 requests were made. Pakistan said in its presentation that consular access could not be granted as Jadhav was a “terrorist” and that India had “invoked the jurisdiction of this court improperly”. UK-based lawyer Khawar Qureshi, who appeared for Pakistan, said a 2008 bilateral agreement allows both countries to decide on consular access in matters involving “political or security” issues. The Pakistani side suffered a setback when the ICJ turned down its request to play the purported “confessional” video of Jadhav at the hearing.

Source: Hindustan Times May 15, 2017 18:20 UTC