Earlier, the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, Pakistan provided second consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav at Indian request
"Two consular officers of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad were provided unimpeded and uninterrupted consular access to Commander Jadhav at 1500 hours," the FO said in the statement
Earlier, Pakistan had claimed that he had refused to file a review plea. India said that he had been coerced into doing that
The Hague-based ICJ ruled in July last year that Pakistan must undertake an 'effective review and reconsideration' of the conviction
Salve was the lead counsel for India in the Jadhav case at ICJ which had last year ruled that Pakistan must review the death sentence awarded to Jadhav
On September 2, India's Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan Gaurav Ahluwalia met Jadhav in Islamabad after Islamabad had granted consular access to the former naval officer
India has requested for "immediate, effective and unhindered consular access" to Jadhav in light of the ICJ judgment, said MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar
Kulbhushan's case is being tried in military courts and the Army Act forbids such individuals or groups from filing an appeal or seeking justice from a civilian court.
Ghafoor said the reports of the amendment in the Pak Army Act to implement ICJ verdict regarding Jadhav are "incorrect"
In July this year, the ICJ, by a vote of 15-1 in the Jadhav case, upheld India's claim that Pakistan is in egregious violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations on several counts.
India had welcomed the verdict of the International Court of Justice, saying that the ruling of the court by a vote of 15-1 upheld India's position in the case.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has spoken to Jadhav's mother and briefed her about the latest developments, Raveesh Kumar, MEA's spokesperson, said
In New Delhi, official sources said Charge d' Affaires at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, Gaurav Ahluwalia, will meet Kulbhushan Jadhav
On Sunday, Pakistan said it would grant consular access to Jadhav on Monday in line with the judgement in his case by the International Court of Justice
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh would be on a five-day visit to Japan and South Korea starting from September 2
The retired Indian Navy officer is on death row in Pakistan which has accused him of spying
Reportedly, Lakshman was arrested while entering the town from Balochistan province, the same province from where Pakistan claimed it arrested Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav
In a reprieve for Jadhav, a 16-member bench of the International Court of Justice on July 17 by a 15-1 vote continued the stay on the execution
India says Jadhav is innocent and had asked the UN court to intervene
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