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After Yadav, India seeks consular access to Sheikh Nabi

By Web Desk
May 23, 2017

ISLAMABAD: After its spy Kulbhushan Yadav, India has sought consular access to Sheikh Nabi Ahmed, who was arrested by Pakistani authorities in Islamabad for incomplete travel documents and Visa last week.

The Indian High Commission in Pakistan has written Pakistani Foreign Office and sought details regarding arrest of Sheikh Nabi, resident of Mumbai.

Sheikh was arrested from the F-8 area of Islamabad by Margalla police on May 19 for allegedly living there without proper permission and travel documents.

A case was filed against him under Article 14 of the Foreigners Act 1946, and was sent to 14-day judicial remand.

According to the FIR registered against him, Sheikh hails from Mumbai, India and was staying in Pakistan without any Visa or an NOC.

India has also sought consular access to its RAW agent Kulbhushan Yadav and moved to International Court of Justice (ICJ) after Pakistan’s Field General Court Martial awarded death sentence to him on charges of espionage.

Yadav had confessed to sponsoring terrorism in Balochistan province of Pakistan.

The world court stayed execution of Indian spy till its final decision.