Islamabad has thwarted New Delhi’s attempt to frustrate the Islamabad High Court proceedings on the compliance of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) directives in the case of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav. The new law states that any plea already filed or pending will be treated as a “petition filed” under the new section. Instead, it directed Pakistan to take all measures to provide for effective review and reconsideration, including, if necessary, by enacting ‘appropriate legislation’. The attorney general for Pakistan’s office submitted a proposal on the promulgation of an ordinance to implement the ICJ directives. Subsequently, the International Court of Justice (Review andReconsideration) Ordinance, 2020 was promulgated on May 20 last year.

Source: The Express Tribune November 22, 2021 11:10 UTC