Islamabad: A Pakistani medical board completed autopsy on the body of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh, who died early on Thursday after being comatose for almost a week following an attack by other prisoners at a Lahore jail. A six-member medical board performed the autopsy of Sarabjit at the Jinnah Hospital in Lahore, media reports said. Sarabjit's body is expected to be flown back to India on a special...
03:18 PM, May 02, 2013
Lahore: Pakistani authorities on Thursday ordered a judicial inquiry into the murder of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh, who died after being comatose for nearly a week following an assault by other inmates of Kot Lakhpat Jail. Najam Sethi, the caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab province, ordered the judicial inquiry. He directed officials to ensure that the probe was completed in 15 days. "Chief Minister Najam Sethi has directed...
02:49 PM, May 02, 2013
Lahore: Sarabjit Singh, who died on Thursday after being comatose for nearly a week following a brutal assault by fellow inmates, became the second Indian prisoner this year to die in Pakistan's notorious Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore. Sarabjit, 49, who was serving a death sentence, was brutally attacked on Friday by six fellow inmates as he and other prisoners were brought out of their cells for a break. He...
02:01 PM, May 02, 2013
After Sarabjit Singh's death in a Pakistan jail, BJP leader Arun Jaitley said, "It is time for the Indian government to introspect and see where it stands in terms of foreign policy." ...
01:07 PM, May 02, 2013
Amritsar: Angry protests on Thursday broke out in Sarabjit Singh's native Bhikhiwind village after the Indian prisoner died in a Lahore hospital with villagers lashing out at Pakistani authorities for the deadly attack on him. Shouting anti-Pakistan slogans, several villagers burnt Pakistani flags to register their protest. During their protest demonstrations, the villagers charged Pakistan with murdering Sarabjit. They also lashed out at Pakistani authorities for not shifting Sarabjit to...
12:58 PM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur appealed on Thursday to all countrymen to unite and attack Pakistan, where her brother breathed his last in the wee hours of the day after remaining comatose for nearly a week following a brutal assault by his fellow inmates in a high-security Lahore jail. "Pakistan is a coward. It's time to wage a war against it," said Kaur, while addressing a...
12:03 PM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: The government would share with parliament the details of the death of Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani hospital early on Thursday days after a brutal assault in a Lahore jail, a minister said. "Parliament is in session. I think the first information we should give should be to parliament. Prime minister has conveyed his deep anguish," External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid told reporters here. He said the government...
11:47 AM, May 02, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan will hand over the body of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner who died on Thursday in a Lahore hospital, to the Indian High Commission at the earliest, said the ministry of foreign affairs. "Indian prisoner, Sarabjit Singh who was hospitalised on April 26, following injuries sustained during a scuffle with fellow inmates, expired early on Thursday morning at Jinnah Hospital, Lahore," said a statement uploaded on the website...
11:36 AM, May 02, 2013
Lahore/Islamabad: Pakistani police on Thursday slapped murder charges against two death row prisoners who were booked for the brutal assault on fellow-inmate Sarabjit Singh, causing injuries which led to his death. The Lahore Police added murder charges to the FIR registered against death row prisoners - Amer Aftab alias Amer Tambewala and Mudassar - who were booked for the attack on 49-year-old Sarabjit on Friday last week. Officials at Kot...
11:23 AM, May 02, 2013
Amritsar: A pall of gloom on Thursday descended on Sarabjit Singh's native Bhikhiwind village as soon as the news of his death in a Lahore hospital spread with villagers closing all shops to protest the deadly attack on him. Locals of the sleepy border village started to throng Singh's house as soon as they got the news about his death. However, Singh's family member are camping in Delhi since Wednesday...
11:12 AM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: Indian prisoner Sarabjit's death in Pakistan was preventable, said former top police officer Kiran Bedi on Thursday. "Sarabjit's death inside Pakistan prison was preventable.Need to find out if r Counsulate in Lahore was regularly visiting him?," tweeted Bedi after Sarabjit Singh died in a Lahore hospital where he was admitted following a savage assault on him by fellow prisoners on April 26. Bedi also tweeted, "Human Rights Council...
10:59 AM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said he was "extremely anguished" by the death of Sarabjit Singh in a Lahore hospital following a brutal attack on him in a high-security jail. "We are extremely anguished by the death" of the Indian prisoner, Khurshid told reporters when asked to react to the death of Singh. "We are going to issue a statement in Parliament. The Prime Minister has...
10:50 AM, May 02, 2013
Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Thursday announced that Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner who died in a Lahore hospital after a brutal attack on him, would be given a state-level funeral after his body is handed over and brought back to India. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, in a statement, said that Sarabjit Singh would be given a state-level funeral after his body is brought back to India. He...
10:36 AM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday told the family of Sarabjit Singh who died in a Lahore hospital that his body would be flown back to India in a special aircraft. "The Home Minister assured the family that a special aircraft would be arranged to bring the body from Pakistan," said Raj Kumar Verka, vice chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, who was present...
10:13 AM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: "It is a cold blooded murder," said BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Thursday following the death of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan. "It is a cold blooded murder. This is not the way civilized nations behave. #Sarabjit Singh," tweeted Sushma Swaraj. Sarabjit Singh died early on Thursday in a Lahore hospital where he was admitted after being being savagely attacked in Kot Lakhpat Jail on...
10:06 AM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs has denied claims in Pakistani media that the Indian High Commission officials were consulted by Pakistani authorities before Sarabjit Singh was taken off ventilator support resulting in his death late on Wednesday night at Lahore's Jinnah Hospital. Sarabjit's family members also claimed that they came to know of his death from the Pakistani media and nothing was communicated to them officially. Meanwhile, Pakistan...
09:41 AM, May 02, 2013
Lahore/New Delhi: 3:46 pm: Another post-mortem of Sarabjit Singh will be conducted when his body reaches Amritsar. 3:29 pm: Sarabjit Singh's post-mortem report will be released in Pakistan in three weeks. 3:09 pm: The post-mortem of Sarabjit Singh has been completed in Pakistan and his body will be handed over to Indian officials shortly. 2:44 pm: The Indian Foreign Secretary has spoken to his Pakistani counterpart asking him to speed...
08:31 AM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: Calling Sarabjit Singh a "brave son of India", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condoled his death in Pakistan and demanded that those responsible for the attack on the Indian prisoner should be brought to justice. "I am deeply saddened by the passing away of Sarabjit Singh. He was a brave son of India who bore his tribulations with valiant fortitude. The criminals responsible for the barbaric and murderous attack...
08:18 AM, May 02, 2013
Lahore: Indian prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh died of a cardiac arrest at Lahore's Jinnah hospital on Thursday after batting for life for nearly a week. The announcement from Pakistan came late in the night. Demands are now growing for his body to be brought back to India. Sources say that the body may be brought back by Thursday afternoon. While his body has been shifted to a mortuary, Pakistan...
07:58 AM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: Many political parties on Thursday condemned the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a Lahore hospital and demanded the government should pressurise Pakistan to hand over the body to his family. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said "the country was angered" with Sarabjit's death and demanded that the government takes some strict action against Pakistan. "This is condemnable. This is a shameful incident. This is a heinous...
07:30 AM, May 02, 2013
