Pakistan's claim on swapping Kulbhushan Jadhav another imaginary lie: India

India has cited Afghanistan NSA's statement rejecting Pakistan's claim that it has received a proposal to swap Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav for a terrorist. 

Replying to a media query in New Delhi on Friday, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the statement by the Afghan NSA suggested that the claim is one more addition to the long list of imaginary lies by Pakistani establishment.

The reaction came after Pakistan Foreign Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif suggested that he received a proposal to swap Jadhav with the terrorist, lodged in an Afghan jail, during his meeting with an



NSA. 

However, Khwaja did not identify the terrorist who was to be swapped.

Contradicting Asif's claim, the office of the Afghan National Security Adviser issued a statement saying there was no mention or reference of India or an Indian citizen during his meeting with the Pakistani Foreign Minister on 21st of September in New York.

Jadhav, a 46-year-old retired Indian Navy officer, was in April this year sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of his alleged involvement in espionage activities. In a hearing of the case in May, the International Court of Justice had restrained Pakistan from executing Jadhav.