Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday rejected India’s demand to appoint an Indian lawyer or “Queens Counsel” in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav. India on Thursday appealed to appoint an Indian lawyer or ‘Queens Counsel’ to ensure free and fair trial to reconsider the sentence of former Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is facing a death sentence in Pakistan. was.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhary said in response to a question during a press conference that India has been consistently making “irrational demands” to appoint a lawyer from outside Pakistan to defend Jadhav. He said, “We have informed India that only those lawyers who are licensed to practice in Pakistan are allowed to appear in Pakistani courts.”
No change can be made in this situation. ” It is noteworthy that the ‘Queen’s Counsel’ is a barrister or advocate appointed for the British Queen on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor. Earlier this month, the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan directed the federal government to give India another chance to appoint a lawyer to represent Jadhav.
Also, the hearing was postponed for a month. Pakistan’s parliament has extended the term of the ordinance by four months, which allows Jadhav to appeal against his conviction to the High Court, as was required by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
