ISLAMABAD: Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale has submitted a petition by Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mother to Islamabad, initiating a process to get the self-confessed spy’s conviction overturned.

The petition was handed over to Pakistan’s foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua in a meeting in the federal capital on Wednesday.

In the petition, Jadhav’s mother urged the Pakistan government to help India get him released.

“Handing over the appeal to the appellate court, India also requested Islamabad to facilitate visas for Jadhav’s parents who wish to travel to Pakistan to meet him and also to personally file the petition,” said a statement by the FO.

During the meeting, Indian HC once again urged Pakistan to provide consular access to Jadhav, which Janjua denied, stating that “access under (bilateral) agreement is meant for prisoners and not for spies.”