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India has not responded to queries on Kulbhushan Jadhav, alleges Pakistan

India has not responded to queries on Kulbhushan Jadhav, alleges Pakistan

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Pakistan on Friday said it was 'regrettable' that India has not responded to its queries on Indian death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav's passport and details of his service

Pakistan on Friday said it was "regrettable" that India had not responded to its queries on Indian death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav's passport and details of his service.

Calling Mr Jadhav, a "serving Indian Naval Commander", Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal said the former naval officer had confessed to his involvement in numerous terrorist incidents in Pakistan.

"It is regrettable that India has so far not given us any reply on how commander Kulbhushan Jadhav was in possession of the passport of Hussain Mubarak Patel, or any details of his retirement from Indian Navy," he said.

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Jadhav, 47, was sentenced to death on charges of espionage and terrorism by a Pakistani military court in April last year.

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The International Court of Justice in May had halted his execution on India's appeal.

Pakistan claims its security forces arrested him from restive Balochistan province on March 3 in 2016 after he reportedly entered from Iran. However, India maintains that Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran where he had business interests after retiring from the Indian Navy.