ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday appreciated the verdict handed down by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rejecting India request to ‘acquit, release and return& Kulbhushan Jadhav.The United Nations& top court in its final verdict on Wednesday after two-year-long proceedings ruled an effective review and reconsideration of the sentence by Pakistan, by the means of its own choosing of legislation.&Appreciate ICJ decision not to acquit, release - return Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav to India,& said the prime minister.&He is guilty of crimes against the people of Pakistan.
Pakistan shall proceed further as per law,& he further added.&The court notes that Pakistan acknowledges that the appropriate remedy in the present case would be effective review and reconsideration of the conviction and sentence,& the ICJ verdict read, supporting Pakistan stance.Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi termed the decision a &victory of Pakistan.&&Commander Jadhav will remain in Pakistan and will be treated in accordance with the law of Pakistan,& he said in a tweet following the ICJ ruling.The Hague-based court in response to India plea to release Jadhav and to facilitate his safe passage to India said, &It is not the conviction and sentence of Mr Jadhav, which are to be regarded as a violation of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention.&The Court did not accept India contention that Jadhav was entitled to ‘restitutio in integrum& (restoration to original position) and turned down its request to annul the decision of Pakistan military court.Instead, it ruled that Pakistan ‘by the means of its own choosing& could undergo an effective review and reconsideration of the sentence.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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