Pakistan has decided to recommend nominate Tassaduq Hussain Jillani as an ad-hoc judge to the ICJ to hear the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav.
On May 8, India moved the ICJ for instituting proceedings against Pakistan for violations of the Vienna Convention in Kulbhushan Jadhav case.
“India had asked the ICJ to offer it time till December to file pleadings in the Jadhav case, however, “the court has dismissed their request,” Pakistani Attorney General (AG) Ashtar Ausaf Ali said.
"The purpose of the meeting was only to discuss procedural matters, including the time-lines for submission of written memorials and to enable a hearing to be listed."
Pakistan would appoint its ad hoc judge for the upcoming hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case at the ICJ and Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali would himself lead Pakistan's team at the UN court.
Pakistani lawyers came under widespread criticism after the ICJ told Islamabad not to hang Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death on charges of spying and fuelling terrorism in Balochistan.
The official, who has been identified as retired Lieutenant General Shoaib, made this sensational revelation during a program on a TV channel Aawaz Today.
Talking to a private TV channel, Britain-based lawyer Khawar Qureshi said India did not win the case and the "ICJ will never acquit Jadhav", The Nation daily reported.
Aziz noted that the ICJ ‘didn't order on consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav’ who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court in April this year on charges of espionage.
The development came after the Pakistan Foreign Office was criticised for its “poor handling” of the case and for its choice of Britain-based Khawar Qureshi as counsel.
Currently, there are 15 cases, including Jadhav's, before the ICJ. Of these seven are about maritime and territorial dispute.
The ICJ had yesterday stayed the execution of Jadhav, who was sentenced to death last month by a Pakistan military court that convicted him of alleged spying and subversive activities.
The Pakistani government is facing flak over its handling of the case at the international forum with several legal experts questioning the strategy adopted and asking why it accepted the global court's jurisdiction.
Still smarting over the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to stay the execution of the former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, Pakistan has decided to change its lawyers at the ICJ to push its stance more forcefully.
International Court of Justice (ICJ) today stayed the execution of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who had been sentenced to death by a Pakistan military court.
India's case on Kulbhushan Jadhav has been emboldened with the first round of victory at the International Court of Justice, senior advocate Harish Salve said today.
Not allowing consular access has led to suspicion in India on the well-being of Jadhav who is on a death roll and is currently lodged in some jail in Pakistan
Fire crackers were burst by Jadhav's friends in Mumbai’s Lower Parel and by his neighbours outside his Silver Oak apartment building in Powai area.
Pakistan on Thursday seemed to be in a state of shock after the International Court of Justice dealt a huge blow to Islamabad and stayed the execution of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav.
Pakistan today said it does not accept the ICJ's jurisdiction in matters related to national security.
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