Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa is “analysing” the evidence against Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death by a military court, and will decide his mercy petition on merit, the Army said in Islamabad on Sunday. Jadhav filed a mercy petition before Gen Bajwa last month, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement issued on 22 June. The statement said the former Indian Navy officer had filed the petition after the Military Appellate Court rejected his appeal. More From Livemint »Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor told reporters on Sunday that Gen Bajwa was “analysing the evidence against Jadhav. Pakistan claims to have arrested Jadhav from Balochistan province on 3 March last year after he reportedly entered from Iran.

Source: Mint July 16, 2017 14:26 UTC