Ailing Pakistani scientist Mohammed Khaleel Chishty was released on bail from Ajmer jail in a two-decade-old murder case. ...
11:05 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Ajmer: Ailing Pakistani scientist Mohammed Khalil Chishty was on Wednesday released on bail from Ajmer jail in a two-decade-old murder case and said he was hopeful that Sarabjit Singh and other prisoners languishing in each other's country would get justice. Freed after over 14-month incarceration, 80-year-old Chishty said he was thankful to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari for taking up his case with India. "Zardari made efforts for me, I...
07:52 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Ajmer: The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday dismissed 80-year-old Pakistani virologist Dr Khalil Chishti's plea challenging the life imprisonment awarded to him in a murder case. That sentence had come after a 19 year long trial during which he was virtually under house arrest. The mercy plea of Chisti, who is now lodged in Ajmer jail, is pending with Rajasthan Governor Shivraj Patil. His family had met the Governor of...
04:07 PM, Dec 20, 2011
Jaipur: The family of Pakistani doctor Khalil Chisti has been granted permission to meet the Governor of Rajasthan on Saturday to plead for his release on a month-long visa. Dr Chisti's wife, Meherunissa Chisti, said, "I appeal the Rajasthan Government to please release Dr Chisti in a months time. My visa will expire in a month. Everyone back home is really worried about him. Every year we have to celebrate...
08:42 AM, Nov 19, 2011
Jaipur: Dr Khalil Chisty, 78, who is battling several ailments at the Ajmer Jail may not have much time. And that's why the movement to release him and reunite him with his family across the border in Pakistan is gaining momentum. Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has now put in his support for Dr Chisty's sentence to be commuted. Bhatt said, "We have to eventually send him back someday but if we...
08:59 AM, Jul 06, 2011
Jaipur: Dr Khaleel Chisty, the 78-year-old Pakistani virologist, hopes for an early release from the Ajmer jail, even as the Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries held talks in Islamabad. Dr Chisty, who is serving a jail term for murder in Ajmer, Rajasthan, has a chance of being released, as a goodwill gesture. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said she was hopeful of an early release of Dr Khalil Chisty. "India is...
10:44 AM, Jun 24, 2011
