Sarabjit Singh’s execution delayed for a month
The Pakistan government on Wednesday delayed the execution of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh by 30 days. Sarabjit Singh was set to be hanged on April 1 following his conviction for alleged involvement in bomb attacks in 1990. President Pervez Musharraf delayed the execution of Sarabjit by 30 days after the Indian government made a formal appeal for clemency on Tuesday.
An official of Pakistan government said, “The matter will now be considered by the concerned authorities in the Pakistan government”. While seeking clemency from Pakistan for Sarabjit, India had said that the impression that he is being executed in retaliation for the death of a Pakistani in Indian custody will impinge on the positive atmosphere between the two countries.
Sarabjit Singh was sentenced to death in 1991 for his alleged involvement in four bomb blasts in Lahore & Multan that killed 14 people. His family denies he is a spy as claimed by Pakistan & insists he accidentally strayed into Pakistani territory.
The mercy petition of Sarabjit, who Pakistan claims is Manjit Singh, was rejected by Musharraf on March 3. Sarabjit’s mercy petition was sent to Musharraf along with that of Indian prisoner Kashmir Singh, who was pardoned & freed after spending 35 years on death row in Pakistani jails.
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- Pervez Musharraf reject Sarabjit’s mercury petetion March 5, 2008
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- Ansar Burney: “We will sacrifice our life to save Sarabjit” April 3, 2008
- Ansar Burney appealed in favour of Sarabjit Singh March 21, 2008
- Sarabjit’s family arrived in Pakistan April 23, 2008
- Pak PM: Sarabjit Singh should be pardoned May 11, 2008
