Mar 20 2008
Sarabjeet’s execution deferred for 30 days!
Indian national Sarabjeet Singh who was set to be hanged on April 1 by Pakistan Government is excused by Pak government for one more month. His execution is deferred by 30 days after getting formal appeal for his clemency from Indian government.
Foreign minister Pranav Mukherjee informed the news on Tuesday in Lok Sabha and said, “I am glad to inform the parliament that Pakistan President Pervej Musharaff has postponed Sarabjeet’s execution by one month till April 30.”
Other sources said the decision to defer Sarabjit’s hanging had been informally conveyed to the Indian High Commission.
Mukherjee said that they got success in saving Sarabjeet’s life temporarily and they will try their best to save his life further. He said that government is serious about the matter.
Also Sarabjit’s sister Dalbir Kaur sent a written appeal for clemency directly to Musharraf. She requested him for permission to visit Pakistan to meet her brother in jail.
Sarabjeet is blamed for serial bomb blast in Lahore in 1990. His family submitted mercy petitions many times but were rejected. They pleaded that he was not a spy and accidentally crossed the Pakistan boundary but the Pakistan Government who claims him as Manjit Singh, denied the statements and accused him as a terrorist.
