Jadhav's wife, mother to visit Pak on Dec 25: FO

Press Trust of India  |  Islamabad 

Jadhav's wife and mother will visit on December 25 to meet the Indian prisoner on death row, Pakistan's said today.

They will arrive by a commercial flight on December 25 and leave the same day. Indian will be the accompanying


"informs that the mother and wife of Jadhav will arrive by commercial flight on 25 Dec and leave the same day. Indian DHC in will be the accompanying diplomat," tweeted.

on December 20 issued visa to Jadhav's wife and mother to visit to meet him.

had agreed that a from the Indian high commission in would accompany the visitors.

Jadhav, 47, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military on charges of espionage and in April, following which moved the ICJ in May. The ICJ halted his execution on India's appeal pending the final verdict by it.

Jadhav's family had applied for visas last week.

has repeatedly denied consular access to Jadhav on the ground that it was not applicable in cases related to spies.

It said that Jadhav is not an ordinary person as he had entered the country with the intent of spying and carrying out sabotage activities.

claims its security forces arrested Jadhav alias from its restive province on March 3 last year after he reportedly entered from

India, however, maintains that Jadhav was kidnapped from where he had business interests after retiring from the

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First Published: Sun, December 24 2017. 00:10 IST