Pak cites dead cricket fan to blank Sarabjit appeal

PAK'S GROUSE: Pak claims Sarabjit is an Indian spy and has been convicted of carrying out four bomb blasts.

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New Delhi: Though Sarabjit Singh’s hanging is slated for April 1, legal experts have suggested that a reprieve may be possible, even at such a late stage, but would require the intervention of the Indian Government. To that end, the government appears to have begun the process.

India has said it would discuss the case of Sarabjit Singh with the Pakistan government and will attempt to have the case reviewed. India is awaiting official intimation on the case.

But it may not be so easy.

Pakistan is now acting tough on the issue. Pakistan government sources say India reciprocated badly the last time they freed an Indian.

Sources in the Pakistan government had earlier complained that the release of Kashmir Singh after 35 years was a gesture of goodwill by Pakistan and that it was reciprocated badly by sending across the body of a Pakistani cricket fan.

Pakistan cited the case of Khalid Mehmood, who had come to India to watch a cricket match and had been held for spying. Later on, his body had been handed over to Pakistan authorities.

India has responded to the charge and said that the Pakistan government had been kept informed of the cricket fan, Khalid Mehmood's arrest, trial and subsequent death. Khalid had come to India on a cricket visa but was arrested with sensitive documents.

Khalid Mehmood had come to India on a cricket visa but was arrested with sensitive documents in his possession, India said.

Sources in Pakistan government also said that India has not been responding to continuous requests from Pakistan about the list of prisoners being held in Indian jails.

They have warned that President Pervez Musharraf would not wish to create a bad atmosphere in his country by releasing more Indian prisoners if India, on its own part, does not release Pakistanis. Musharraf would not win any brownie points from the newly-elected members of the National Assembly, either.