KARACHI: Indian media has now realised that taking the matter of RAW agent Kulbhushan Jadhav to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) might not be fruitful.
Jadhav was arrested by the security forces from Mashkel, Balochistan in March last year and was later sentenced to death by a military court in Pakistan on charges of being an Indian spy.
Indian analysts have commented in the media that the hearing of the Jadhav case — scheduled for May 15 — might not be fruitful as “Pakistan had on March 29 revised its commitment to the ICJ and has withdrawn all domestic and national security related issues from the jurisdiction of the court”.
The declaration to the ICJ, presented by Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi days before Jadhav’s sentencing, stated that issues related to its domestic sphere and national security issues would no longer be part of the ICJ jurisdiction, reported The Hindu.
Moreover, according to another Indian media report, leader of the Communist party slammed the Indian government’s move to approach the ICJ, dubbing it a ‘diplomatic failure’ of the Modi’s government.