The port is likely to ramp up trade between India, Afghanistan and Iran in the wake of Pakistan denying transit access to New Delhi for trade with the two countries.
In the briefing, it was stated that Pakistan does not accept the international court's jurisdiction to order the state of Pakistan on issues that involve its national stability.
The announcement was made by ICJ on Wednesday, a day after it stayed Jadhav's execution
Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir stated that the development put Pakistan in its place.
India, in its appeal to the International Court of Justice, accused Pakistan of "egregious" violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
BJP leader R K Singh says Pakistan's consistent denial of consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav suggests him already being executed.
India maintained thatthe well being and state of Jadhav's health is a "matter of great concern" to it.
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Rejecting India's stand that Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran, Basit said he was caught in Balochistan and tried for 'espionage and sabotage'.
A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra said the government was best placed to take a decision and safeguard the life and liberty of its citizens.
"We have sought from the foreign ministry (of Pakistan) a certified copy of the chargesheet as well as the judgment in the death sentence of Jadhav, but there is no response yet from Pakistan's side," MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay told reporters.
The attested report of Court Martial General will also be included in the dossier.
After Muneer's release, Pakistan did not respond to extradition requests by the Indian government.
The government feels that it is not the right time for the release of Pakistani prisoners, official sources said. The retaliatory action came as India made it clear that it will be regarded as "premeditated murder" if Pakistan carries out the death sentence "without observing basic norms of law and justice".
India has issued demarche against Pak over Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence.
Jadhav, 46, filed a mercy petition before Gen Bajwa last month, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations statement issued on June 22. The statement said that the former Indian Navy officer had filed the petition after the Military Appellate Court rejected his appeal.
Baglay replaced Vikas Swarup, who was made India's new high commissioner to Canada.
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Pak accused the Indian government of misusing the media to create a 'false impression of winning' Jadhav's case in the ICJ.
The centres, managed by VF Services (Canada), would become operational from May 22. From May 22, when the centres become functional, the Consulate would stop receiving applications for consular services including visas, passports, PIO and OCI cards.
Pakistan violated Kulbhushan Jadhav's basic human rights by not allowing India consular access to him, Justice Dalveer Bhandari, the Indian judge on the International Court of Justice bench, said in his declaration in the case.
Terming the ICJ order as the "first step in ensuring justice" to Jadhav, external affairs ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay said the government will do everything possible to save Jadhav's life.
'The verdict will open up the floodgates for Pakistan to take the ICJ route on many issues in context of Jammu and Kashmir,' warns Rajeev Sharma.
The decision of the 11-judge bench was unanimous, ICJ President Ronny Abraham said.
External affairs ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay said India made 16 requests for consular access to Jadhav but there was no response from Pakistan on the demand.
The statement came after Pak Army chief called on PM Nawaz Sharif and discussed the ICJ's stay order on the execution of Jadhav.
Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad Gautam Bambawale on Wednesday met with Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua and sought the consular access to Jadhav.
The agreement, which was signed on December 31, 1988 and entered into force on January 27, 1991, says that the two countries will inform each other of nuclear installations and facilities to be covered under the agreement on January 1 of every calendar year.
India awaits formal response from Pakistan to its two demands -- consular access and details of the trial proceedings against Jadhav.
"We are not yet sure when to ask for consular access. We may not ask for it. He is involved in a heinous crime," an unnamed senior official told the Dawn newspaper.
Police and paramilitary security forces, including sharpshooters, have been deployed at the MOFA to deal with any untoward security situation, they said.
Australia was providing consular support to the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was arrested in London on allegations of sexual assaults in Sweden, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said on Wednesday.
They warned that Islamabad wants to send a 'strong message' to India against isolating it on the world stage.
Pakistan's military courts have gained a disrepute for not being transparent and violating all provisions of a fair trial.
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Jadhav was 'arrested' on March 3 last year by Pakistan security officials in Balochistan.
V K Singh said tension in the relationship between the two countries has been caused by Pakistan's continued policy of directing cross border terrorism against India.
The couple said that that they were strolling near the railway station at the Fatehpur Sikri after a day in Agra when the group started following them and later attacked.
Ahmed told the official that his solicitor would get in touch with him.
In the wake of the deadly suicide attack on Marriott Hotel, the United States embassy in Islamabad on Thursday suspended its consular services and said American officials would no longer be permitted to stay in or frequent hotels in the eastern city of Lahore.A statement issued by the embassy said routine consular services, including visa services, would be temporarily suspended on September 25 and 26. All visa interviews would be rescheduled, it said.
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