Pakistan ordered by UN court not to execute alleged Indian spy

Friday, 19 May 2017 07:00

A UN court has ordered Pakistan not to execute a former Indian navy officer convicted on charges of spying.

Pakistan has been urged not to kill Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav until the court has heard a case brought by India.

Mr Jadhav was arrested in March 2016 and was convicted last month.

India denies Mr Jadhav is a spy, and Pakistan denies kidnapping him. The court in Pakistan has not yet released a date for execution.

Diplomatic tensions regarding espionage are high between the two countries. In November last year, Pakistan withdrew six officials from Delhi after they were outed as suspected spies by India.

Pakistan later leaked to the press the names and photos of eight alleged Indian spies working in Islamabad.

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