<p>A former Pakistani diplomat has claimed that ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif had barred the foreign ministry from speaking against India and death-row convict Kulbhushan Yadav as part of the policy of going soft on New Delhi.</p>.<p>Tasneem Aslam, who served for a second term as Foreign Office spokesperson from 2013 to 2017, made the claim on Sunday in an interview with a YouTube channel run by an Islamabad-based journalist.</p>.<p>"Nawaz Sharif did not want to say anything against India and Jadhav through the Foreign Office,” she claimed.</p>.<p>Jadhav, 49, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of "espionage and terrorism" in April 2017, following which India had moved the International Court of Justice (ICJ), seeking a stay on his death sentence and further remedies.</p>.<p>Pakistan claims its security forces arrested Jadhav from Balochistan province in March 2016 after he reportedly entered the country from Iran.</p>.<p>Aslam said the policy of going soft on India was not beneficial for the country.</p>.<p>"It did not benefit the country but I do not know whether it benefited his [Nawaz’s] own interests or not,” she said, alleging that the former premier had business interest with India.</p>.<p>Replying to a question on whether Sharif's family was pro-India, she said, "Yes. Of course."</p>.<p>Sharif did not meet the Hurriyat leaders when he visited India in 2014, she said.</p>.<p>"Usually, every prime minister of Pakistan meets Hurriyat leaders but Nawaz Sharif did not meet them when he visited India,” she said.</p>.<p>She also said that Sharif only talked about Kashmir in his address to the UN (in 2016), while skipping to mention India or Jadhav.</p>.<p>She said some leaders think that appeasement towards India would work but it is difficult.</p>.<p>Aslam, who also worked as the Foreign Office spokesperson from 2005 to 2007 during the regime of Gen Pervez Musharraf, retired form the service in 2017.</p>.<p>Many of Sharif's opponents had previously accused him of going soft on India but it is the first time that a former career diplomat said this on record.</p>
<p>A former Pakistani diplomat has claimed that ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif had barred the foreign ministry from speaking against India and death-row convict Kulbhushan Yadav as part of the policy of going soft on New Delhi.</p>.<p>Tasneem Aslam, who served for a second term as Foreign Office spokesperson from 2013 to 2017, made the claim on Sunday in an interview with a YouTube channel run by an Islamabad-based journalist.</p>.<p>"Nawaz Sharif did not want to say anything against India and Jadhav through the Foreign Office,” she claimed.</p>.<p>Jadhav, 49, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of "espionage and terrorism" in April 2017, following which India had moved the International Court of Justice (ICJ), seeking a stay on his death sentence and further remedies.</p>.<p>Pakistan claims its security forces arrested Jadhav from Balochistan province in March 2016 after he reportedly entered the country from Iran.</p>.<p>Aslam said the policy of going soft on India was not beneficial for the country.</p>.<p>"It did not benefit the country but I do not know whether it benefited his [Nawaz’s] own interests or not,” she said, alleging that the former premier had business interest with India.</p>.<p>Replying to a question on whether Sharif's family was pro-India, she said, "Yes. Of course."</p>.<p>Sharif did not meet the Hurriyat leaders when he visited India in 2014, she said.</p>.<p>"Usually, every prime minister of Pakistan meets Hurriyat leaders but Nawaz Sharif did not meet them when he visited India,” she said.</p>.<p>She also said that Sharif only talked about Kashmir in his address to the UN (in 2016), while skipping to mention India or Jadhav.</p>.<p>She said some leaders think that appeasement towards India would work but it is difficult.</p>.<p>Aslam, who also worked as the Foreign Office spokesperson from 2005 to 2007 during the regime of Gen Pervez Musharraf, retired form the service in 2017.</p>.<p>Many of Sharif's opponents had previously accused him of going soft on India but it is the first time that a former career diplomat said this on record.</p>