Highlighting the "farcical nature of Pakistan’s approach" in Kulbhushan Jadhav review and reconsideration case, India on Thursday said that it had appointed a Pakistani lawyer for the case but Islamabad declined to give required case documents. The Minister of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Anurag Shrivastava, in response to a question on India's stance on the case, said, "India appointed a Pakistani lawyer to obtain the relevant documents. To our surprise, as advised by the Pakistani authorities, when the authorised Pakistani lawyer approached the concerned authorities, they declined to hand over the documents to the lawyer." India was keen to file a review petition and had "repeatedly requested Pakistan for relevant documents". Islamabad had advised India that the relevant documents could be handed over only to an "authorised Pakistani lawyer."

Source: dna July 23, 2020 15:56 UTC