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LAHORE: Indian national Sarabjit Singh’s counsel Awais Sheikh on Friday was denied entry into the Lahore Press Club for a pre-planned launch of his book on Singh.
Police personnel were deployed outside the venue to prevent the author from entering the building.
According to the club administration, the decision was taken due to security concerns.
Sheikh said he had booked the venue six weeks in advance, however, he was denied entry when his guests were about to arrive.
Sarabjit had illegally crossed into Pakistan from Kasur on August 29, 1990.
He was arrested on charges of conducting four bomb blasts in Faisalabad, Multan and Lahore. He is named Manjeet Singh in the FIR that was registered against him. He was sentenced to death.
His counsel claimed it was a case of mistaken identity.
The Indian prisoner has already written two letters to the authorities requesting pardon, while an application has also been filed in the Supreme Court seeking withdrawal of a pending petition for reopening his case.
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Arpit why did your government gave Mr.guru dead purnishment without telling their own people? Isn't it Indian government's weakness? Is your democracy really a democracy or is it something else? In indian jail are their many culprits who are been fakingly in jail where they have to face many things and are forced to admit that they have don crimes? And there is many pakistanis also?
Though shall not Kill, is the commandment of God, the creator of all humans and the universe.
To hoot with the collective conscious of the society; they must repent, reform ask of God's forgiveness and abide by the divine commandments. No more capital punishments in the Islamic republic of Pakistan!!! If the Europeans can reach this level, why can't the Pakistanis.
Let no human judge the life and death for another human who has been created by God.
Rex Minor
@Foreign Leg: Yuo are exactly right. It is on the Pakistani people's conscience. If their blood lust is quenched by kiling an innocent man - it's been them and their God. As for the judiciary, it cannot be considered independent if the decision in one case depends on the decision in a totally unrelated case.
President Zardari must follow the Indian Supreme Court reasoning in cases of Indian National's as after admitting there is no evidence in Afzal Guru case " “The incident, which resulted in heavy casualties, had shaken the entire nation and the collective conscience of the society will only be satisfied if capital punishment is awarded to the offender.” they hanged him.
Now we have the evidence of Sarabjit killing Pakistani citizens and our " conscience " will only be satisfied if Sarabjit is handled the way of his Supreme Court/ Government liking. Who are we to expect other wise. Shame on Awais Sheikh !!
@Nasir Mahmood: He has admitted four bomb blasts killing several innocent people and the counsel is claiming mistaken identity. What a pity!
Pakis give you a choice either admit to crimes they want you to or die in a Pakistani prison. Recently a Sikh prisoners was killed by Pakistani officials in a prison for washing his clothes. A Pakistani lawyer who was in the same prison told his story to the outside world. No action was take against Paki murderers.
Baluchis are routinely killed in Balochistan, no one cares. Pakis killed 3 million people in East Pakistan/Bangladesh
why not carry out the court's verdict and be finished with the nonsense.
So much freedom of speech.
He has admitted four bomb blasts killing several innocent people and the counsel is claiming mistaken identity. What a pity!
Murderer!!
Like many Indians I would like to claim that he deserve to die because he has killed innocent people. A terrorist is a terrorist and the case is another if some authority i trying to create terrorist which I think is their weakness.
Obviously because the lawyer would expose the Pakistan's court's failure to mete out justice in Sarabjit's case. The book will prove that Sarabjit is innocent and he was imprisoned to cover for the failures of the government. The book will expose the farce of a trial that took place.
Should be hanged!
And why is this a headline?
In Pakistan civillians who are bombed and droned are silenced and spies write books.