Lahore: A serving judge has been named by a Pakistani court to probe the murder of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who died earlier this month after being assaulted within the Kot Lakhpat Jail here. Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial appointed Justice Syed Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi to investigate the matter and submit a report to the court.
However, no deadline has been given to Naqvi to complete the probe.
Earlier, caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi had written a letter to the Chief Justice, asking him to appoint a judge to conduct the probe.
Five to six prisoners had brutally assaulted Sarabjit in a well-coordinated attack on April 26. After being comatose for nearly a week, Singh died at Jinnah Hospital in Lahore on May 2. Police registered a murder case against two death row prisoners Amer Aftab and Mudassar for allegedly assaulting Sarabjit....
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04:48 PM, May 17, 2013
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01:40 PM, Mar 23, 2013
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09:25 PM, Sep 17, 2009
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11:15 PM, Jun 24, 2009
No evidence shown against militant leader accused of aiding 26/11terrorists. ...
01:47 PM, Jun 07, 2009
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01:16 AM, Jun 07, 2009
India is talking tough after the release of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed. ...
02:10 AM, Jun 04, 2009
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