Pak turns down India’s request for Queen’s Counsel in Jadhav case - The Daily Guardian https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/pak-turns-down-indias-request-for-queens-counsel-in-jadhav-case/ https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/pak-turns-down-indias-request-for-queens-counsel-in-jadhav-case/ September 19, 2020, 9:57 am Pakistan on Friday categorically rejected any possibility of allowing a Queen’s Counsel by India to represent Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is currently on death-row in a Pakistan jail. During a weekly press briefing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said that allowing a Queen’s Counsel to Jadhav was out of the question.

“Allowing a Queen’s Counsel for Jadhav is out of the question as only a lawyer with licence to practice in Pakistan can appear before the court,” he said. Queen’s Counsel is a barrister appointed as Counsel to the UK’s crown on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor.

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