India hopes clemency will be shown to Sarabjit

By IRNA,

New Delhi : India on Friday made a fresh appeal to Pakistan to show mercy to Sarabjit Singh on humanitarian grounds. The External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee hoped that clemency would be shown to Sarabjit, who is in a Pakistani jail since 1990.


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“I would appeal to the authorities in Pakistan to show clemency” to Sarabjit, Mukherjee said in a statement on Friday to media as the date of hanging of the Indian national drew nearer.

“Whatever the legal position may be, on humanitarian grounds alone, I would hope that mercy could be shown to this unfortunate human being,” he said.

Meanwhile, according to All India Radio (AIR) report, the leader of the opposition, L K Advani has also written to the Prime Minister of Pakistan to show clemency to the unfortunate human being.

Sarabjit has been sentenced to death in connection with the bomb blasts in Lahore and his hanging was put off by a month after New Delhi made an appeal to Islamabad.

India had earlier appealed to Pakistan on the 18th of last month to show mercy to Sarabjit. Sarabjit’s family members are insisting that it is a case of mistaken identity.

They are expected to travel to Pakistan on Sunday to personally appeal for clemency. Pakistani Human Rights Activist, Ansar Burni, who recently visited India said that it may be a case of mistaken identity. He had also promised to take up the case to save Sarabjit’s life.

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