Observer Report
Islamabad
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed the federal government on Thursday to ask the Indian government whether it wanted to follow or plead the case of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav.
A larger bench, headed by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah, and comprising Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the Ministry of Law’s plea regarding provision of counsel to Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav for the implementation of the International Court of Justice’s decision.
Deputy Attorney General Syed Muhammad Tayyab Shah said that the attorney general was busy with the hearing of the presidential reference in the Supreme Court hence, could not appear at the IHC.
On the chief justice’s inquiry regarding release of Indian prisoners, Shah said four Indian prisoners had been released, while the last Indian prisoner, Muhammad Ismail, will be released on the 22nd of this month.
