Flicker of hope for Sarabjit: hanging on hold until April 30

Font Size

Express news service Posted: Mar 20, 2008 at 0038 hrs IST

Print Email Feedback Discuss

NEW DELHI, MARCH 19 : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has stayed the execution of Sarabjit Singh by a month, until April 30, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told Parliament today.

“We have achieved partial success and we will continue our efforts to save his life,” Mukherjee told Lok Sabha.

He said the Indian High Commission in Islamabad had been informed by the Pakistan Foreign Office that the President had postponed Sarabjit’s execution by a month. Earlier, April 1 had been fixed as the date for his hanging.

Mukherjee’s announcement came a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the House that India had taken up the matter at the highest level.

Sarabjit’s sister, Dalbir Kaur, meanwhile, has submitted a clemency plea to the Pakistan High Commission, seeking pardon for her brother.

She has also requested the Pakistani authorities to allow her to travel to Pakistan and meet Sarabjit.

Ads By Google

Post Comments

Message*	Maximum characters allowed

Name*		Email ID*
Subject*		Country*

TERMS OF USE:
The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s).

I agree to the terms of use.

View all Messages [ 0 ]

Be the first to comment.

View all Messages [ 0 ]

Mail this page