Pakistans National Assembly passes bill to give right of appeal to Kulbhushan Jadhav

The International Court of Justice had asked Pakistan to provide a proper forum for appeal against the sentence given to Mr. Jadhav.

Pakistans National Assembly has passed a government-backed bill that will provide the right of appeal to Indian death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav, according to a media report.

India approached the ICJ against Pakistan for denial of consular access to Mr. Jadhav and challenging the death sentence.

Mr. Iqbal said it was a person-specific bill and the name of Mr. Jadhav was mentioned in the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the bill.

He said the ICJ had clearly asked Pakistan to make effective legislation to provide the right of review to Mr. Jadhav.