Pakistan's Army chief Qamar
Javed Bajwa today held a conference of top army commanders at Pakistan Army's
General Headquarters in Rawalpindi (GHQ).
According to the Facebookpage of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistan Army's media wing,
Gen Bajwa and other commanders were briefed on Kulbhushan Jadhav issue and 'it
was concluded that that no compromise shall be made on such anti state acts'. Pakistan
Army's 201st Corps Commanders' Conference was held to 'review national security
environment and recent developments in the region'.
It was Gen Bajwa only who had
sentenced Jadhav to death. A military court in Pakistan had found Jadhav guilty
of espionage and sabotage activities and of waging war against Pakistan by
fomenting unrest in Balochistan and Karachi and had sentenced him to death
which was confirmed by Gen Bajwa.
The first reaction by the
Pakistan's civilian government came hours letter after it was made public by
the ISPR. Though Pakistan's civilian government, including its prime minister
Nawaz Sharif, has toed the military line, a Samaa TV report makes it clear that
Pakistan Army acted unilaterally on Kulbhushan Jadhav.
"A meeting took place
between the Prime Minister and the Chief Of Army Staff during which the latter
took the former into confidence regarding the issue of Indian spy Kulbhushan
Yadav", the Samaa TV report said yesterday.
India alleges that Jadhav is
innocent and there is no evidence against him and that's why a sham trial was
held in secrecy in a military court where no information on charges and
evidence was given. India has warned Pakistan of 'dire consequences' equalling
Jadhav's death sentence with pre-meditated murder and has again asked for the
consular access to him, 14th time since his arrest on March 3, 2016.
Kulbhushan Jadhav is a formal
naval officer turned businessman who was on a routine business trip to Iran
when he was abducted by the Pakistani intelligence. Reports also say that he
was captured by the Taliban and later sold to the Pakistan Army. Pakistani claims
Jadhav, who allegedly used the alias Hussein Mubarak Patel in Pakistan, was
attached to the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
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