Amritsar: Pakistan s human and civil rights activist Ansar Burney on Monday asked the Central government to grant him visa to visit Kashmir for interacting with people in an effort to establish peace in the Valley. He wanted to meet people to convince them that nothing could be achieved through violence, Burney said. The Kashmir problem was being encashed by politicians in both countries to derive political mileage, he said....
02:48 AM, Apr 24, 2012
Jaipur: Ansar Burney, who has been actively campaigning to save the life of death row convict Sarabjit Singh, has met the Indian prisoner's sister and daughter. Sarabjit has been in a Pakistan jail for over 20 years. Burney has also recently filed a fresh plea to commute Sarabjit's death sentence to life imprisonment. "We are making efforts to get death sentence of Sarabjit commuted to life imprisonment for which I...
05:06 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Attari: Pakistan leading human rights activist Ansar Burney on Thursday said he had recently filed a fresh mercy petition to President Asif Ali Zardari to save Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh. On arriving Attari, Burney told the media that in the petition the President of Pakistan he has sought commutation of the death sentence of Sarabjit to life imprisonment so that he could safely be repatriated to India to...
04:31 AM, Apr 13, 2012
The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to 80-year-old Pakistani microbiologist Dr Mohd Khaleel Chishty undergoing life term in a murder case in Ajmer. ...
02:39 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Jaipur: Sister of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian on death row in Pakistan following his conviction for alleged involvement in bomb attacks, on Friday said she will appeal to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during his Rajasthan visit to release his brother on humanitarian ground. Dalbir Kaur said she will try to meet Zardari during his private visit to Ajmer dargah on April 8. "Mercy petition of my brother is pending...
12:09 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Islamabad: Leading rights activist Ansar Burney has asked the Pakistan government to immediately free three Indian prisoners who had either completed their jail terms or whose release has been ordered by court. Indian national Surjeet Singh alias Makhan Singh had completed his prison term on October 30, 2010 but he continues to be held in prison, Burney said in letters sent to President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza...
05:33 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney met the families of the six sailors held captive for over 18 months on MV Iceberg by Somali pirates on Monday to offer his support. ...
10:41 AM, Sep 27, 2011
New Delhi: As the families of six Indian sailors who were onborad the MV Suez reached Delhi's international airport, there was a sense of relief. For the last 10 months they were meeting up as families who shared a common fear - will we ever get to see our men alive, home and safe. But Friday, June 24, 2011 was different. Sailor Satnam's mother said, "I am ecstatic because my...
08:34 PM, Jun 24, 2011
New Delhi: As the families of six Indian sailors who were onborad the MV Suez reached Delhi's international airport, there was a sense of relief. For the last 10 months they were meeting up as families who shared a common fear - will we ever get to see our men alive, home and safe. But Friday, June 24, 2011 was different. Sailor Satnam's mother said, "I am ecstatic because my...
08:34 PM, Jun 24, 2011
Freed MV Suez sailor also talks about the ordeal faced by them under the captivity of Somali pirates. ...
11:46 AM, Jun 24, 2011
Freed MV suez sailor, NK Sharma tells about the hard times faced under Somali pirates captivity. ...
11:11 AM, Jun 24, 2011
I will take my fight forward to free MV Iceberg sailors also, said wife of MV Suez freed sailor, Sampa Arya. ...
10:07 AM, Jun 24, 2011
I can't express how grateful I am to Ansar Burney, said Madhu Sharma wife of MV Suez sailor NK Sharma. ...
10:00 AM, Jun 24, 2011
New Delhi: After 10 months of captivity by Somali pirates, six Indian sailors of MV Suez reached the Delhi Airport on Friday. They were welcomed by their families and friends who praised and thanked Pakistani Human Rights activist Ansar Burney, who arranged for the ransom money to get the sailors released. The children of some sailors welcomed their fathers with cards that had 'Welcome Home Papa' written on them, at...
09:34 AM, Jun 24, 2011
MV Suez sailors' family members in Delhi can't wait to see them land. ...
09:22 AM, Jun 24, 2011
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