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Kulbhushan Jadhav and family granted half an hour meeting in the presence of govt representatives

Kulbhushan Jadhav and family granted half an hour meeting in the presence of govt representatives

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 25 Dec 2017, 02:57 pm

New Delhi, Dec 25 (IBNS): In a recent tweet, Dr Mohammad Faisal, spokesperson Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pakistan, revealed a picture of mother and wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian prisoner detained in Pakistan, waiting in Pakistan's Foreign Office in Islamabad.

Jadhav's family left India on Monday to meet Kulbhushan Jadhav has been detained in Pakistan for 22 months now and on death row in Pakistan.

Tweeted  Dr Faisal, "The mother and wife of Commander Jadhav sitting comfortably in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pakistan . We honour our commitments."

Indian government also wanted the wife to be accompanied by Jadhav's mother and sought a sought a sovereign guarantee for their safety and security while in Pakistan, according to media reports.

After Pakistan met India's demand, travel arrangements for the two were started.

On Dec 20, Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi issued the visas to the mother and wife of Jadhav to visit Islamabad  to meet him.

Jadhav's mother and wife left India on Monday accompanied by officials of the Union Ministry of External Affairs.

Earlier, Dr Mohammad Faisal,spokesperson Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pakistan, tweeted, "Pakistan permits the meeting of wife and mother of Commander Jadhav with him, as a humanitarian gesture, on the birthday of the Father of the nation, Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah."

In another tweet on Dec 23, he had said, "India informs that the mother and wife of Commander Jadhav will arrive by commercial flight on 25 Dec and leave the same day. Indian DHC in Islamabad will be the accompanying diplomat."

According to an NDTV, Kulbhushan Jadhav and his family has been allowed a half an hour meeting in the presence of Indian and Pakistani representatives.

Tight security has been thrown around the meeting place with snipers placed on roof tops, media reported.

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