Pakistan Quoted Articles Written By These Indian Journalists To State That Jadhav Was A Spy

The International Court of Justice is currently hearing a plea regarding Kulbhushan Jadhav who is in Pakistan jail on the charges of spying. Kulbhushan Jadhav was given death penalty by a Pakistan’s military court in 2017 which was later appealed at ICJ.

Pakistan’s delegation team is led by Attorney General for Pakistan Anwar Mansoor Khan while comprising other officials including Director Foreign Affairs Fareha Bugti, Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the Netherlands Shujjat Ali Rathore.

Whereas, India’s delegation includes officials from Ministry of External Affairs Deepak Mittal, VD Sharma, S Senthil Kumar and Sandeep Kumar, and India’s Ambassador to the Netherlands Venu Rajamony.

Responding to India’s argument on Monday, Pakistan’s representative lawyer Khawar Qureshi said:

“India is living in a wonderland. It is sitting on a weak wall of lies just like Humpty Dumpty and on one day will have a great fall.”

And in a huge surprise, lawyer Khawar Qureshi to support his arguments cited three articles published in Indian media in the ICJ to claim Jadhav was a spy of India.

1. Pakistani quoted an article written by Journalist Karan Thapar in The Indian Express in 2017

Where, Pakistan said Thapar questioned the stand of Indian government on Jadhav.

2. An article written by Praveen Swami in January 2018 for Frontline

In which Pakistan said Swami had claimed that Jadhav was indeed on an espionage mission in Pakistan.

3. Article by Chandan Nandy published in The Quint

The article by Nandy alleged that Jadhav has two passports, one in his own name and another with the name Hussein Mubarak Patel, and this was presented as a proof that he was working for RAW in Pakistan.

Later the story was taken down by The Quint.

All these articles were widely quoted by Pakistani media, as proofs that the claims of Pakistan are true.

Indian paper ‘The Quint’ had in one of its stories accepted the truth that Kulbhushan Jadhav was a spy and that some RAW officials had reservations about his appointment.
~Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr. Muhammad Faisal pic.twitter.com/EBPqLwGwvP

— Govt of Pakistan (@pid_gov) January 6, 2018

When did Jadhav retire and at what age? What evidence is there that Jadhav retired from the Armed Forces? Why was he is possession of an authentic Indian passport with a cover name?#KulbhushanJadhav #ICJ pic.twitter.com/ORVShgifTH

— Bar & Bench (@barandbench) February 19, 2019

Qureshi refers to Indian media’s coverage of Jadhav case. Refers to stories by Karan Thapar and Praveen Swami#KulbhushanJadhav #ICJ pic.twitter.com/6vFvxJEpde

— Bar & Bench (@barandbench) February 19, 2019

People on social media came forward in support of Kulbhusan Jadhav and #DeshDrohiPatrakaar started trending on Twitter.

#DeshDrohiPatrakaar
These two anti indian are now feeling proud that their propaganda articles about anti india getting good use by porkistan against showing kulbhushan a spy pic.twitter.com/OTrfB2LQT5

— Bang bang (@surajbuddygroup) February 20, 2019

#DeshDrohiPatrakaar
National herald : Adil was cricket freak/dhoni fan@thequint Rafi bhat was humble scholar@IndiaToday Sabjar was rejected by lover’s family

So acc2 these news handles they were everything accept “TERRORIST” pic.twitter.com/Hd8RhLxUHb

— Shraddha (@drshraddha16) February 20, 2019

#DeshDrohiPatrakaar
Can happen in only India and by Journos#DeshDrohiPatrakaar pic.twitter.com/faRyNJqb5T

— పొందే రాము |पोंदे रामू |PONDE RAMU (@ponderamu) February 20, 2019

#DeshDrohiPatrakaar
No.1! This lowly, despicable character should be tried for treason and handed maximum punishment! 😡😠 https://t.co/Y8h62iDhmF

— Raghavan R : राघवन आर 🇮🇳 (@mayfair1958) February 20, 2019

This is not the first time a report published by Indian media was used against India in a court outside the country. During the hearing for Vijay Mallya’s extradition case in London, Mallya’s lawyers had used articles published against then CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana in trying to prove that the case against Mallya was politically motivated. The London court had rejected those arguments and ordered the extradition of Mallya to India.