Pakistan rejects Indian allegations over Kulbhushan’s meeting with family

ISLAMABAD: Strongly rejecting Indian objections raised over meeting of Indian death row spy Kulbhushan Jhadav with his family, Pakistan on Thursday said it was arranged purely on humanitarian ground.

In a weekly briefing, Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal said Indian allegations coming 24 hours after the visit are baseless, counterproductive and regrettable.

The spokesman said that cloth change and removal of jewellery and ornaments was purely for security reasons and all their belongings were returned to them before they left.

He said the purpose of the visit was to have a meeting on humanitarian grounds, of Commander Jadhav with his wife and mother, which was successfully achieved despite all impediments, which needs to be acknowledged.

The spokesperson said success of the meeting is evident by the fact that the mother thanked Pakistan after the visit.

Dr Muhammad Faisal said that Commander Jadhav is a convicted Indian terrorist and spy responsible for multiple deaths and destruction in Pakistan.

The Spokesperson said that the Indian Deputy High Commission who raised no objection at any point.

To a question, Dr Muhammad Faisal said that the United States has not refused to provide F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.

Answering another question, he said that United Nations Military Observe Group in India and Pakistan should be allowed to work to monitor the ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and Working Boundary.

He said but it is regrettable that New Delhi is not cooperating in this regard.