‘Jadhav providing ‘crucial intelligence’ on terror attacks’

Islamabad: Pakistan has claimed that Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a military court, was providing “crucial intelligence” about the recent terrorist attacks in the country.

“Jadhav continues to provide crucial intelligence with regard to recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan,” Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria told Dawn News in an interview. However, Zakaria did not elaborate on the details of the intelligence being provided by Jadhav. The Hague-based International Court of Justice stayed Jadhav’s execution on May 18 but it has to decide the issue of jurisdiction in the case, Pakistani officials said.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf told Dawn News that Pakistan had enough evidence to prove that Jadhav was a “spy”. Ausaf said Pakistan has information on Jadhav that could not be disclosed due to security reasons. “The evidence would only be presented before the ICJ once it resumes the hearing,” he said. Ausaf said the ICJ’s ‘procedural order’ of May 18 was neither Pakistan’s defeat nor India’s success and emphasised that when the case re-starts, “Pakistan would be on solid ground to win”. Responding to a question regarding the constitution of a new legal team, Ausaf said that there were no plans to change the team. However, he said it would be “expanded”.  (PTI)