ICC promptly diverts Champions Trophy tour away from PoK cities after BCCI’s objections
The original tour schedule included cities like Skardu, Hunza and Muzaffarabad, which fall in the PoK region, a disputed territory between India and Pakistan.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will on Thursday address both houses of Parliament on the issue of Pakistan insulting the wife and mother of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav during their meeting in Islamabad on Monday.
Leaders across party lines had on Wednesday condemned the incident and issue had figured inside the Lok Sabha as well as in the Parliament galleries. The Lower House also saw some members raising slogans against Pakistan.
Amidst the ruckus, Sushma Swaraj, who was in the House, told the members that she will make a statement on the issue on Thursday.
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Jadhav’s mother Avanti and wife Chetankul had on Tuesday met Sushma Swaraj at her residence.
In a meeting described as a “humanitarian gesture” by the Pakistan government on the birth anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Indian national on death row in Pakistan came face to face with his mother and wife after a gap of 22 months at the Pakistan Foreign Office in Islamabad on Monday.
Separated by a glass partition in the heavily-guarded building, they spoke through an intercom watched by the Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh who escorted them to the meeting.
Jadhav’s family was later taken to the Indian High Commission before their return to India late on Monday night via Oman.
On May 18, 2017, the International Court of Justice stayed the hanging, after India approached it against the death sentence.
India in a strong statement accused Pakistani authorities of making the mother and wife of the death row prisoner remove their bindi, mangal sutra and bangles ahead of the meeting.
(With inputs from agencies)
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