The Pakistan government, in the petition, asked the IHC to appoint a legal representative for Jadhav so that it can fulfil its responsibility to see to the implementation of the ICJ’s decision.
The ordinance seeks to allow alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav the facility to file an appeal in a high court against his conviction.
During his weekly briefing, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that Pakistan is not only in violation of the judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), but also of its own ordinance.
The Indian government had on Thursday slammed Pakistan for intimidating and distressing its imprisoned citizen Kulbhushan Jadhav during the second consular access granted to its officials.
Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Anurag Srivastava said Kulbhushan Jadhav has clearly been coerced to refuse to file a review in his case.
If Pakistan is unable to quash Jadhav's death sentence, Islamabad should be found in violation of international law and treaties, and be told to 'release the convicted Indian national forthwith', India said.
India on Thursday declined to share with the media the arguments it would put forth when the International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case from 18 February at The Hague.
BBC 'Hardtalk' on Twitter clarified that the recorded interview was too long for the broadcast slot and so had to be edited.
ICJ said the first round of oral arguments by India would be held on 18 February, followed by Pakistan’s oral arguments the next day.
Pakistan has "solid evidence" against Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav and is hopeful of winning the case against him at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the country's new Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said today.
