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Pakistan grants visa to Kulbhushan’s mother, wife

By ONLINE
December 21, 2017

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Wednesday issued visas to the mother and wife of convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav to visit Islamabad.

Foreign Office spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal confirmed the issuance of visas to Jadhav’s family on Twitter. Kulbhushan Jadhav’s family is expected to arrive in Pakistan this Saturday. The family will be brought to Islamabad from Lahore.

At a meeting on Monday Pakistan’s National Security Committee finalised the security arrangements about the meeting and cleared visas for Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mother Avantika Jadhav and his wife also.

High-ranking military and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials met on Tuesday afternoon to decide details of the Jadhav family’s visit. Pakistan has offered a visa for Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife and mother on humanitarian grounds and at New Delhi’s request.