India Seeks Access to Jadhav in Science He Has Right to Move Appellate Court and Ile Mercy Petition, Says Sartaj Aziz Set-Up Sought
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follow us: saturday, april 15, 2017 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 24 pages ț ₹10.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Allahabad . Malappuram . Mumbai NEARBY Reform India seeks access to Jadhav in science He has right to move appellate court and ile mercy petition, says Sartaj Aziz set-up sought MUBASHIR ZAIDI Jacob Koshy ISLAMABAD New Delhi India on Friday sought con- Heads of India’s top sci- Governor asks Panjab sular access to Kulbhushan entific, administrative bod- univ to review fee hike Jadhav, the retired Navy of- ies have jointly conveyed to CHANDIGARH ficer who has been sen- Prime Minister Narendra Punjab Governor and tenced to death by a Modi that science in India Chandigarh Administrator V. Pakistani military court on needs a major revamp. P. Singh Badnore on Friday charges of spying, and de- They have proposed an asked Panjab University to manded a certified copy of over-arching science and review in a “holistic manner” the charge sheet as well as technology body that mar- all issues including the fee the judgment. ries research and industry, A grab from the video, purportedly shot in Budgam on April 9, hike, over which students had “We have stated that he and will report directly to showing a youth tied to an Army vehicle. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT clashed with the police on [Mr. Jadhav] is an Indian na- the Prime Minister. the campus. tional and as per interna- “The stature of Indian NORTH Ī PAGE 2 tional law and humanitarian science is a shadow of what Army uses civilian as DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD considerations, let us at least it used to be … because of Separatists detained have consular access to decades of misguided in- shield, sparks outrage over call for joint prayers him,” Gautam Bambawale, terventions. We have lost SRINAGAR Indian High Commissioner self-confidence and ambi- ‘Protester’ tied to front of Army vehicle The authorities on Friday in Islamabad, told reporters tion and the ability to re- foiled the separatists call to here after a meeting with cognise excellence Peerzada Ashiq 9, shows an alleged stone- ofer joint prayers for the Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary our laws,” Sartaj Aziz, Ad- amongst our own. In a false Srinagar thrower tied to an Army eight civilians killed in Tehmina Janjua. viser to the Prime Minister Lahore lawyers told sense of egalitarianism, we Two videos, apparently vehicle which is seen driv- Budgam district during the on Foreign Affairs, told re- often chose the mediocre showing a teenage protester ing through village streets. by-poll on April 9. A Verdict copy demanded porters here. at every level,” said the re- being shot in the head from A voice, apparently that spokesman of the Hurriyat “We would definitely go in Mr. Jadhav can appeal not to accept case port, which was vetted by close range and another of an Army personnel, can said security forces detained appeal against the judgment within 40 days to an appel- all the secretaries of India’s showing an alleged stone- be heard on the Jeep’s pub- all senior separatists and but we cannot do it unless late court, or may lodge a Press Trust of India to any foreign pressure. scientific departments and thrower tied to the front of lic address system saying, LAHORE other leaders were placed we have the details of the mercy petition with the “India has declared Jadhav seen by The Hindu. an Army Jeep, that went “Paththar bazon ka yeh haal under house arrest. The charges and the copy of the Army chief within 60 days of The Lahore High Court Bar its son and is putting However scientists and viral on Friday, sparked out- hoga (this will be the condi- authorities also sealed the verdict. So, my first demand the decision by the appellate Association said on Friday pressure on the Pakistani science in India command rage in the Kashmir Valley. tion of stone-throwers).” oices of the Hurriyat was to provide us the details court. If the Army chief re- that it would act against any government for his release. global “goodwill” as well as The police have filed an FIR, The man has since been Conference and the Tehreek- of the charge sheet and the jects the plea, he can file an- lawyer who extended We demand that the Indian those of fellow Indians, and the Army has ordered a identified as Farooq Dar, e-Hurriyat headquarters. copy of the verdict,” he said. other with the President in services to Indian national spy, who is involved in and this was a “positive” probe. while the Army unit in- NATION Ī PAGE 4 Pakistan, he said, had so far 90 days, Mr. Aziz added. Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has playing with the lives of and “a huge support sys- Also on Friday, five per- volved was the 53 Rashtriya DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD denied 13 times India’s re- Defending Pakistan’s posi- been sentenced to death by Pakistanis, not be spared tem” that ought to be har- sons were arrested for the Rifles, officials investigating quest for consular access. tion on consular access, he a Pakistani military court. and the government ensure nessed, the report said. assault on CRPF men in the matter on instructions After Mr. Bambawale’s meet- said India had not provided “The Lahore High Court his hanging,” he said. A major challenge in the Budgam during the April 9 from Chief Minister Me- ing with the Foreign Secret- the facility to many Pakistani Bar Association (LHBA) has Earlier, Pakistan’s top funding of science by the bypoll to the Srinagar parlia- hbooba Mufti said. They ad- ary, Pakistan defended the prisoners, despite repeated unanimously decided to military commanders made government was that mentary seat. The arrests ded that Mr. Dar is a resid- trial of Mr. Jadhav and said requests. cancel the membership of it clear that “no though scientific depart- followed a complaint from ent of Sitaharaan village in he could appeal against the “We expect India to be- any lawyer who offers his compromise” shall be made ments were headed by sci- the CRPF, and a hunt was on Khag tehsil of Budgam. verdict. have responsibly and refrain services to Indian spy on such “anti-state acts.” entists, they could often for six others seen in the (With inputs from PTI) “Due process has been fol- from issuing statements that Kulbhushan Jadhav,” LHBA not take independent de- video. The latest 19-second RAJNATH REJECTS PAK. CLAIM lowed while proceeding will further aggravate secretary-general Amer cisions, according to the video, purportedly also shot CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 against him. All further ac- people-to-people hostility.” Saeed Raan said. OF FAIR TRIAL; INDIAN INTERESTS report. in the Chadoora Assembly INTERVIEW WITH CRPF WILL BE PROTECTED, SAYS METROPLUS WEEKEND Ī 6 PAGES tion in this regard shall also He said the bar had asked segment of Budgam on April CHIEF Ī PAGE 8 be taken in accordance with CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 the government not to yield V.K. SINGH Ī PAGE 9 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 Giant U.S. bomb kills 36 suspected IS militants ‘AAP, Cong Mayawati’s brother made party vice-president Special correspondent Reuters nearly 9,000 American two sides of Lucknow premo Mayawati on Friday would never contest polls or ACHIN/KABUL troops stationed in Afgh- In a significant decision, in- declared her brother Anand hold office of power. The top U.S. military com- anistan. Nicknamed ‘the same coin’ dicating the possible line of Kumar as the vice-president mander in Afghanistan said mother of all bombs,’ the succession in the BSP, su- on the condition that he DETAILS Ī PAGE 8 on Friday that the decision weapon was dropped in Jatin Anand to deploy one of the largest Achin district of Nangarhar, New Delhi conventional bombs ever bordering Pakistan. The Bharatiya Janata Party used in combat was tactical, Gen. John W. Nicholson, (BJP) views the Aam Aadmi and made as part of the cam- commander of U.S. Forces in Party (AAP) and the Con- paign against Islamic State- Afghanistan, said he was in gress as “two sides of the linked fighters. constant communication same coin.” As many as 36 suspected with officials in Washington, At an interaction with Islamic State militants were On target: This image shows the moment after the ‘mother but the decision to use the the editorial staff of The killed in the strike on of all bombs’ struck Achin district. * REUTERS 9,797 kg GBU-43 bomb was Hindu here, the Leader of Thursday evening in the based on his assessment of the Opposition in the Delhi eastern province of Nangar- carried a statement denying the blast. The strike came as military needs and not on Assembly and the BJP’s har, Afghan defence officials that the group had suffered U.S. President Donald broader political face in the national Capital, said. There were no civilian casualties in the attack. On Trump prepares to dispatch considerations. Vijender Gupta, said the casualties, they said. Friday, Afghan and foreign his first high-level delegation party had plans to crack Amaq, the news agency troops did not allow report- to Kabul, amid uncertainty TRUMP SHOULD CONFRONT down on illegal slaughter affiliated to the Islamic State, ers to approach the scene of about his plans for the PAK., SAYS EX-ENVOY Ī PAGE 10 houses if it wins the muni- cipal corporations elec- tions on April 23. He also said the Con- 60,000 under gress was “mistaken” if it On Meerut hoardings: Chant thinks it was on the road to I-T scanner revival following its per- formance in the Rajouri Special Correspondent Yogi’s name or leave UP Garden byelection.