The UN’s top court will rule Thursday on an urgent bid by India to stop Pakistan from carrying out a death sentence on one of its nationals convicted of spying. In an emergency hearing swiftly organised on Monday, lawyers for New Delhi had urged the International Court of Justice to halt the execution of Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav. Jadhav was arrested fromBalochistan last year and Pakistani officials claim he has confessed to spying for Indian intelligence services. He was convicted by a court martial and sentenced to death. Jadhav was “an innocent Indian national, who, incarcerated in Pakistan for more than a year on concocted charges … has been held incommunicado… and faces imminent execution,” Indian lawyer Deepak Mittal said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 17, 2017 18:11 UTC