India ups pressure on Pakistan over Jundal, Hafiz Saeed (Lead)
July 8th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, July 8 (IANS) India Sunday pressed Pakistan to act against continuing anti-India terror activities on its soil and reminded it of disclosures made by 26/11 handler Abu Jundal when ... Read more...
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Pakistan presses India to share Abu Jindal evidence (Lead)
July 3rd, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) A day before talks with his Indian counterpart Ranjan Mathai, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani Tuesday asked India to share evidence about 26/11 plotter ... Read more...
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26/11 ghosts cast shadow on India-Pakistan talks
July 2nd, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) In the face of damning revelations about the alleged involvement of Pakistani state actors in the Mumbai attack and the controversy over death row ... Read more...
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India calls for Sarabjit’s release, upset at Pakistan’s U-turn (Roundup)
June 27th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Islamabad, June 27 (IANS) Pakistan's midnight U-turn on the release of Sarabjit Singh, suspected to have been done under pressure from its powerful military-ISI establishment, has not gone ... Read more...
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Government should explain Sarabjit confusion: BJP
June 27th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday asked the government should explain how Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna announced that Pakistan would release death row prisoner ... Read more...
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India renews request for Sarabjit’s release, awaits clear picture (Second Lead)
June 27th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Islamabad, June 27 (IANS) Pakistan's midnight U-turn on the release of Sarabjit Singh, suspected to have been orchestrated by its powerful military establishment, has not gone down well ... Read more...
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Pakistan frees 311 Indian prisoners
June 27th, 2012 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 27 (IANS) Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh's fate may have plunged into further uncertainity, but India still has some reason to cheer. Pakistan Wednesday freed 311 Indian ... Read more...
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Soni appeals for Sarabjit’s release
June 27th, 2012 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 27 (IANS) Pakistan should look at the case of death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh sensitively and compassionately, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said Wednesday."I have come ... Read more...
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India presses for Sarabjit’s release, awaits confirmation (Lead)
June 27th, 2012 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) India Wednesday renewed its request to Pakistan to release death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh after a midnight volte-face by Islamabad and said it was ... Read more...
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Surjeet Singh, not Sarabjit Singh, to be released: Pakistan
June 27th, 2012 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 27 (IANS) Hours after reports emerged that Pakistan was to free Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, Islamabad Tuesday night clarified that another Indian prisoner named Surjeet ... Read more...
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Pakistani prosecutors submit 26/11 evidence in court
July 9th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 9 (IANS) Pakistani prosecutors Saturday submitted the documentary evidence of India to an anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven men charged with involvement in the Mumbai terror ... Read more...
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Mercy plea of Khalistan terrorist on death row rejected
May 26th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) President Prathiba Patil Thursday rejected the mercy petition of Devender Singh Bhullar, a Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist sentenced to death in 2001 for triggering ... Read more...
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Texas death row prisoner given last-minute stay of execution
March 25th, 2010 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 25 (DPA) A triple murderer minutes away from being executed by lethal injection in Texas has been given a temporary stay of execution after a US Supreme Court order.
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Sarabjit to petition Zardari for mercy
July 6th, 2009 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, July 6 (IANS) Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh will file a mercy petition before Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, his lawyer said Monday.
"I will file the mercy petition on ... Read more...
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Pakistan hints at ‘positive’ outcome on Sarabjeet release
November 27th, 2008 - 1:59 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Pakistan Wednesday said it was examining India's request for the release of death row prisoner Sarabjeet Singh and hoped that "something positive" will come out of it. ... Read more...
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Decision on Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Wednesday?
November 25th, 2008 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 25 (IANS) A decision on Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner on death row in a Pakistani jail, is likely Wednesday, an official here indicated Tuesday, without going into specifics.Sarabjit's case ... Read more...
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Sarabjit’s case under consideration: Pakistan
June 27th, 2008 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Friday said his government was "considering" India's plea for clemency for Sarabjit Singh, the Indian death row prisoner convicted for alleged ... Read more...
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India-Pakistan joint panel to push release of prisoners
June 10th, 2008 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Four retired Indian judges Tuesday began their six-day visit to Pakistan to discuss ways of expediting the release of either country's nationals imprisoned in the other's country. ... Read more...
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Mystery thickens, Bukhari says government cleared Burney’s visit
June 2nd, 2008 - 12:16 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) A day after India "regretted" denying entry to former Pakistan human rights minister Ansar Burney, Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmad Bukhari Sunday said the government ... Read more...
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Burney says Indian Home Ministry’s apology in `bad state’
May 31st, 2008 - 11:59 pm ICT by admin
London , May 31 (ANI): Former Pakistan Human Rights Minister Ansar Burney has reacted sharply to the Indian Home Ministry's proffered apology over his deportation from India on Friday.Describing the ministry's ... Read more...
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Pak Govt. tells Burney’s family that it was not involved in his deportation from India
May 31st, 2008 - 7:38 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, May 31 (ANI): Even as the Indian Ministry of External Affairs has sought an explantion from Home Ministry fficials as who gave the orders for human rights activist Ansar Burney's ... Read more...
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Pranab to discuss Sarabjit, CBMs with Pakistan
May 10th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The fate of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh and cross-border trade and travel will top the agenda of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee when he goes ... Read more...
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Reprieve for Sarabjit will enhance Indo-Pak ties: Burney
April 8th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr 8 (ANI): Pakistan's former Human Rights Minister Ansar Burney said here today that reprieve for an Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh who is facing death sentence in Pakistan's prison ... Read more...
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Muslims in Bihar offer prayers for Sarabjit’s release
March 18th, 2008 - 10:36 pm ICT by admin
Patna, March 18 (IANS) A group of Muslims offered prayers at a Sufi saint's tomb in the Bihar capital for the release of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner who is slated to ... Read more...
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Pranab Mukherjee appeals Pak Govt to take Sarabjit’s case on humanitarian grounds
March 18th, 2008 - 10:27 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 18 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday appealed to the Pakistan Government to treat Sarabjit Singh's case with clemency on humanitarian grounds
"We appeal to the Government ... Read more...
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PM assures all efforts to seek Sarabjit Singh’s reprieve
March 18th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan has assured Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal that the Government of India is making all possible efforts to seek a reprieve ... Read more...
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Punjab CM Badal expresses solidarity with Pak detenu Sarabjit Singh
March 18th, 2008 - 12:59 pm ICT by admin
Chandigarh/ Patna, Mar 18 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal has expressed solidarity with Sarabjit Singh, the Indian detenu to be hanged at a Lahore Jail on April 1. "All ... Read more...
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Best efforts to be made for Sarabjit Singhs release: Sriprakash Jaiswal
March 17th, 2008 - 6:25 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 17 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs, Sriprakash Jaiswal today said that the centre would make best possible efforts to secure the release of Sarabjit Singh, who ... Read more...
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Sarabjit Singhs sister meets Rahul Gandhi
March 17th, 2008 - 4:56 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 17 (ANI): Dalbir Kaur, the sister of Sarabjit Singh, who is likely to be hanged on April 1, met Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi here today.
Kaur told Rahul ... Read more...
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Sarabjit Singh’s wife pleads to Centre to bring her husband back
March 16th, 2008 - 9:40 pm ICT by admin
By Ravinder Singh Robin
Bhikhiwind (Punjab), Mar 16 (ANI): The day on which the jail authorities in Pakistan reportedly received Sarabjit Singh's death warrant, his wife has appealed to the Indian Government ... Read more...
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Sarabjit Singhs sister meets MK Narayanan to secure his release
March 10th, 2008 - 10:06 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): Sister of Sarabjit Singh, who is facing death sentence awarded by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, on Monday met National Security Advisor M K Narayanan to secure ... Read more...
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Sarabjit Singh family grief stricken over refusal of clemency
March 6th, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by admin
Amritsar, Mar 6 (ANI): Sarabjit Singh who is on the death row in Pakistan fails to gain clemency, and his family is grief stricken following the rejection of his mercy plea by ... Read more...
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President Musharraf rejects clemency to Sarabjit Singh
March 6th, 2008 - 8:32 pm ICT by admin
Amritsar, Mar 6 (ANI): Sarabjit Singh who is on the death row in Pakistan fails to gain clemency, and his family is grief stricken following the rejection of his mercy plea by ... Read more...
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