Pakistan court allows India more time to appoint lawyer to represent Kulbhushan Jadhav

A Pakistan court on Tuesday allowed India more time to appoint a lawyer to represent death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav.

A top court in Pakistan on Tuesday allowed India more time to appoint a lawyer to represent death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav in court to hear a review of his conviction and sentencing by a military court.

Jadhav, a 51-year-old retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017. India approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Pakistan for denial of consular access to Jadhav and challenging the death sentence.