Kulbhushan Jadhav, on death row in Pakistan, granted permission to meet wife

Kulbhushan Jadhav, accused of being an agent of the Research and Analysis Wing, is on death row in Pakistan. India has strongly denied the allegations against the Indian national

Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death in Pakistan for alleged spying, will be allowed to meet his wife on "humanitarian grounds", the Pakistan Foreign Office said today.
Jadhav has been accused of being an agent of the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external spying agency. New Delhi has strongly refuted Pakistan's allegations and has approached the International Court of Justice to vacate the death sentence given to Jadhav.
The Pakistan Foreign Office, in a statement said, "The Government of Pakistan has decided to arrange a meeting of Commander Kulbhudhan Jhadev (sic) with his wife, in Pakistan, purely on humanitarian grounds. A Note Verbale to this effect has been sent to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, today."
The statement goes on to reiterate the allegations against Jhadav, saying he was apprehended by Pakistani agencies after he "illegally crossed over into Pakistan" and while he was "working with Indian Intelligence Agency/RAW".
"He confessed before a Magistrate and the Court that he was tasked by RAW to plan, coordinate and organize espionage, terrorist and sabotage activities aimed at destabilizing and waging war against Pakistan," the statement went on to say.
ARREST AND CONVICTION
Jadhav, who is a former Indian Navy officer, was arrested in March 2016 on charges espionage. Pakistan claimed the Indian national was involved in "terrorist activities" in the restive Balochistan region.
India, which completely rejected Pakistan's charges, reputedly sought consular access to Jadhav. Islamabad, however, all of New Delhi's requests, claiming that since the Indian national faces espionage charges, Pakistan is not obligated to grant India consular access to him.
On April 10 this year, a military court in Pakistan convicted Jadhav and sentenced him to death. "RAW agent Commander Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav was tried by FGCM under section 59 of Pakistan Army Act (PAA) 1952) and Section 3 of official Secret Act of 1923. FGCM found Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav guilty of all the charges," the Pakistani military said in a statement then.
In response, India slammed Pakistan for conducting a "farcical", secretive trial and said that Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran and later brought to Balochistan. New Delhi later took Islamabad to the The Hague, Netherlands-based International Court of Justice, contending that Pakistan violated the Vienna Convention on Consular Access by not allowing India consular access to Jadhav.
On May 18, the ICJ put a stay on Jadhav's death sentence, saying that Pakistan could not execute the Indian national until the world court further heard the matter and decided whether Islamabad had indeed violated the Vienna Convention on Consular Access.