Tomorrow on Thursday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) will take up a case related to the appointment of  Kulbhushan Jadhav’s defense counsel.

According to details, Chief Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Amir Farooq, and Justice Mian Gull Hassan Aurangzeb, a larger bench of the high court, will hear Kulbhushan’s case. However, the IHC has not received any reply from the Indian Embassy in Islamabad, neither anyone has submitted power of attorney on its behalf.

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In its Aug 7 verdict, the IHC had said,

“We appoint Mr. Abid Hassan Manto, Mr. Hamid Khan, Senior Advocates of the Supreme Court and former presidents of the Sup­reme Court Bar Association, and Mr. Makhdoom Ali Khan, Senior Advocate Sup­reme Court and former Att­orney General of Pakistan, as amici curiae for our legal assistance in general and, in particular, to ensure that the judgment of the Inter­national Court is effectively implemented.”

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It is pertinent to mention here that the federal government filed a petition on July 22 in the IHC seeking appointment of defense counsel for Kulbhushan Jadhav.