INDO-PAK SPY WARS
In a parody of Cold War exchanges, India and Pakistan have a history of capturing and then exchanging ‘spies’ and innocent civilians straying over maritime or land boundaries. Kulbhushan Jadhav is the latest pawn between the two nations. Pakistan’s decision to sentence the former naval officer to death has plunged bilateral ties to fresh depths. India claims no due process was followed and that Indian consular officials have been denied access to Jadhav, while Pakistan claims Jadhav was a serving naval officer who was working as a spy, entering Balochistan illegally from Iran
46
PAKISTANI SPIES ARRESTED IN INDIA BETWEEN 2013 AND 2016, SAYS THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT; 0 SENTENCED TO DEATH
250
PAKISTANIS DEPORTED BETWEEN 2014 AND 2016, SAYS MoS HOME KIREN RIJIJU
7
INDIAN SPIES SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PAKISTAN SINCE 1973; 1 WAS HANGED;
3 DIED IN PRISON; 2 WERE RELEASED AFTER DECADES; 1 (JADHAV) AWAITS HIS FATE
74
INDIAN SOLDIERS MISSING; 54 FROM 1971; ALL BELIEVED TO BE IN PAKISTANI CUSTODY
93,000
PAKISTANI PoWs FROM 1971 RELEASED AFTER 1972 SIMLA AGREEMENT
6,443
INDIAN NATIONALS HELD IN FOREIGN PRISONS,
1,534 IN SAUDI ARABIA BEING THE HIGHEST; THE UK WITH 437 HAS MORE INDIAN PRISONERS THAN PAKISTAN WITH
352, ACCORDING TO THE MEA