Lahore: Over 1,00,000 Indians, including former test cricketers and chief justices, have signed a mercy petition addressed to President Asif Ali Zardari seeking clemency for Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who is on death row in a Pakistani prison.
Counsel for Sarabjit Awais Sheikh said he had brought back the mercy petition with more than 1,00,000 signatures when he returned from a recent visit to India.
"The signatories include former test cricketer Kapil Dev, Delhi's Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari, Syed Amin Hashmi of the Ajmer Sharif dargah, former Chief Justices RS Mongia and Rajindar Sachar, members of Indian human rights groups, Christian and Muslim bodies, doctors, engineers, lawyers, farmers and students," Sheikh said.
Sheikh said he would submit the mercy petition to the Pakistan President and also apprise him about the sentiments of the Indians in this regard.
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