Pakistan considering India's request to grant visa to Kulbhushan Jadhav's mother

Pakistan is considering granting the the request of Kulbhushan Jadhav's mother, Avantika Jadhav, for a visa to visit her son, its foreign office said.

India's ministry of external affairs, however, said that there has been no change in position on providing consular access to Jadhav and a visa to his mother.

Jadhav was sentenced to death on charges of spying by a Pakistani military court in April.

India had strongly reacted to the news and served a demarche on Abdul Basit, Pakistan's high commissioner to India. India also raised the issue of denial of consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav and said that if the authorities in Pakistan carry out the execution, it will be against international norms.

India's foreign minister Sushma Swaraj had written a "personal letter" to Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan's foreign affairs chief, requesting a grant of visa to Avantika Jadhav, reported Times of India.

On Monday, she lashed out at his Pakistani counterpart for not even showing the courtesy to reply to her letter, the report added.

The International Court of Justice at The Hague had stayed Jadhav’s execution in May till the time the hearing in the case gets over.