Kulbhushan Jadhav met his mother and wife, Pakistan said, 'This is not the last meeting'
Pakistan Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mohammad Faisal told journalists after meeting Jadhav's wife Chetanakul and mother Avanti, "This is not the last meeting, I have to say this clearly."
The 40-minute meeting, which occurred after numerous portrayals, was held at the intensely protected Foreign Affairs Ministry building, and came after the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) requested that Pakistan in May stay 47-year-old Jadhav's execution.
The Foreign Office additionally issued another video message of Jadhav in which he is seen expressing gratitude toward the Pakistan government for arranging a meeting with his wife and mother.
It was the first occasion when Jadhav was meeting his family since his capture in March, and Pakistan depicted it as a philanthropic signal to stamp the birthday of the nation's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
"Pakistan allows the meeting of wife and mother of Commander Jadhav with him, as a philanthropic motion, on the birthday of the Father of the country, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah," Foreign Ministry representative Mohammad Faisal tweeted.
The tweet made it a point to recognize Jadhav, a previous Indian Navy officer, with his military title. Pakistan guarantees its security powers captured Jadhav from its fretful Balochistan area after he supposedly entered from Iran. It guarantees that he was in control of an Indian travel permit that distinguished him as Hussein Mubarak Patel.
India, in any case, keeps up that Jadhav was seized from Iran where he had business interests in the wake of resigning from the Indian Navy.
Faisal likewise tweeted that the meeting was organized in light of "Islamic conventions and in view of absolutely compassionate grounds."
Television film demonstrated Jadhav's mom Avanti and wife Chetankul entering the ministry building's Agha Shahi Block, joined by India's Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh and a Pakistani lady official. After they went in, the entryway close behind them.
Pakistan Foreign Office later discharged pictures of Jadhav conversing with his wife and mother from behind a glass screen. The correspondence between them was through a radio gadget.
The meeting began at around 1.35 pm nearby time (2.05 pm IST) and kept going around 40 minutes, after which Jadhav's wife and mother were headed out in a white SUV.
The two ladies had touched base in Islamabad before today by means of Dubai on a business flight, and spent around 30 minutes at the Indian High Commission before being headed to the Foreign Ministry. Jadhav's family had a concise stop at the mission again before they made a beeline for the airplane terminal to get a flight to India by means of Dubai.
Prior to the meeting, the security check of the family was conducted.
All the data about the meeting developed through Pakistani Foreign Ministry tweets and pictures.
"The mother and wife of Commander Jadhav sitting easily in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pakistan. We respect our duties," representative Faisal prior tweeted alongside a photo of the guests.
From Pakistan's side, Foreign Office Director for India, Dr Fareha Bugti, was available at the meeting.
The wife and mother welcomed media people with a namaste in the wake of landing at the service yet did not react to their inquiries.
They additionally did not converse with the correspondents while leaving the building, despite the fact that journalists continued yelling questions.
Faisal advised the media after the meeting of Jadhav with his mom and wife within the sight of representative J P Singh, which he said did not constitute "consular access". He likewise rehashed Pakistan's old affirmations against the Indian detainee.
"This gathering was not consular access as we had revealed to India that its representative would see the meeting yet was not permitted to talk or partake in it," Faisal said.
J P Singh, who went with the guests, was not permitted to talk or tune in and he knew it, Faisal included.
"All choices on consular access will be taken up in the premise of law and interests of Pakistan," Faisal said because of an inquiry regarding conceding the consular access.
Pakistan has over and over denied India consular access to Jadhav on the ground that it was not pertinent in cases identified with spies.Faisal said that the meeting was certain and the two sides talked completely. "It isn't the last meeting. It ought to be completely enlisted," he included.
The video of Jadhav played amid the question and answer session was recorded before his meeting with his family, authorities said."I asked for a meeting with my wife and mother and I am appreciative to Government of Pakistan for this signal," Jadhav said in the short video message.
Jadhav was at the ministry before his family arrived. It was not known where he had been kept before being transported to the Foreign Ministry.
Television film demonstrated a guard of around seven vehicles escorting Jadhav's family in the city.
Police and paramilitary security forces, including sharpshooters, were conveyed at the service to manage any untoward security circumstance, authorities said.
Pakistan on December 20 issued visa to Jadhav's wife and mother to visit Islamabad to meet him.
Jadhav was condemned to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of undercover work and psychological warfare in April, following which India moved the ICJ in May. It is relied upon to hold another hearing in March or April.
Prior today, Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told a Pakistani media channel that Pakistan has conceded India consular access to Jadhav since an Indian representative will go with the detainee's wife and mother.
In India, authorities made light of the remarks, keeping up that the Indian representative was just going with Jadhav's family and it can't be interpreted as "consular access".
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