No plan to extradite ‘Indian spy’ Jadhav, says Pakistan
Shares dossier with UN on India’s ‘involvement’ in internal affairs
NEWDELHI: Pakistan has no plans to hand over Kulbhushan Jadhav, arrested on charges of espionage, to India and he will be prosecuted under the country’s laws, foreign policy chief Sartaj Aziz said on Friday.
Aziz, who was speaking in the Senate or upper house of Parliament on the issue of Jadhav, said the government is not considering any option to extradite Jadhav. An FIR had been registered against him, he said.
“We have prepared an FIR and a case is in the process of registration to prosecute the Indian state actor for involvement in subversive and terrorist activities in Pakistan,” he told the House, according to Pakistani media reports. The Pakistan government has sent a list of questions on this matter to its Indian counterpart, he added.
Aziz, who is the adviser on foreign affairs to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was responding to a question by lawmaker Talha Mehmood, who asked whether the government planned to give the same “red carpet” treatment to Jadhav that was given to CIA contractor Raymond Davis.
Davis was arrested after he shot dead two men in Lahore in January 2011. He was freed and allowed to leave Pakistan about two o lion w a “the familie he ea men.
Aziz also said “it has never been said that there was any lack of evidence against Jadhav”. Pakistan has shared a dossier with the UN Secretary General on India’s alleged involvement in the country’s internal affairs and in “subversive and terrorist activities”. “The dossier includes details about Kulbashan Jadhav and his activities,” Aziz said. The government, he added, is examining the possibility of sharing the dossier with other countries and international organisations. The dossier is not the only route to deal with the issue as the ase for prosecuting Jadhav is g prepared, he said. “This is a elicate and sensitive issue uires detailed preparahome s work as it relates t r indirect involvement i tate actor in subversive orist activities in Pakiadded. e h v, a former Indian Navy , as arrested in Balochisarch last year. Pakistani t es claimed he had conwas working for the h and Analysis Wing but this was rejected by d . Indian officials said Pakineeds n to give Jadhav consuaccess lar immediately. It has been making the demand for a while now.