Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday agreed to daily consular access to Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh who is hospitalised in Lahore following a brutal attack by his inmates in Kot Lakhpat jail. The daily consular access comes into effect from Wednesday, 6.00 pm. Indian officials on Wednesday went to see Sarabjit and said there was no change in his condition. ...
08:35 PM, May 01, 2013
Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur returned to India on Wednesday. ...
08:04 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Concerned over the condition of Sarabjit Singh, who has slipped into "non-reversible coma", India on Wednesday strongly asked Pakistan to release him immediately for best available treatment, saying this was not the time for invoking "legal and bureaucratic reasons". "We are concerned at the condition of Sarabjit Singh indicated by reports made available by doctors treating him in Jinnah Hospital (in Lahore). Our High Commissioner has met the...
06:09 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: India on Wednesday asked Pakistan to release death row convict Sarabjit Singh so that he could benefit from the best possible treatment available in India or alternatively, shift him to a third country on humanitarian and sympathetic grounds. The MEA issued a statement on the matter saying, "Our High Commissioner has met the Pakistan Foreign Secretary and urged the Government of Pakistan to immediately release Shri Sarabjit Singh...
04:22 PM, May 01, 2013
Even as doctors treating Sarabjit in Lahore's Jinnah Hospital said his chances of survival were 'slim', Dalbir Kaur said he can still get up and speak if the right treatment is given to him. ...
01:37 PM, May 01, 2013
Lahore: Indian national Sarabjit Singh, severely injured in a brutal assault last week, has slipped into a "non-reversible" coma and doctors in a hospital in Lahore are struggling to save his life, official sources said on Wednesday. The deterioration in Sarabjit's condition could lead to "brain death", the sources said. His measurements on the Glasgow Coma Scale, which indicates the levels of consciousness and damage to a person's central nervous...
01:18 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur, who returned to India from Pakistan on Wednesday, demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation and said she will not eat till her brother returns home. "When my brother returns home, I will eat only then. I want to apologise to his kids that I wasn't able to bring Sarabjit back," Dalbir Kaur said. Lashing out at the Indian government for not...
01:12 PM, May 01, 2013
Lahore: Reports about the suspension of several Pakistani jail officials after the brutal assault on Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh last week have turned out to be an eyewash as authorities are yet to take action against anyone in Kot Lakhpat Jail. Immediately after the assault on Sarabjit by other prisoners on Friday, officials had told the media that three or four prison officials, including the assistant superintendent, had...
11:59 AM, May 01, 2013
Lahore: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's lawyer will move the Lahore High Court seeking permission for Indian doctors to examine him in Pakistan. He said the Pakistani authorities have not been responding to the family's queries on Sarabjit's health and so they want to move court asking for Indian doctors to join the Pakistani team of doctors treating Sarabjit. "The doctors from India should be allowed to come here and join...
10:40 AM, May 01, 2013
Lahore: The news on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's health continues to be grim. Doctors treating him at Lahore's Jinnah Hospital say his condition has deteriorated further. PTI reports that his blood pressure is being maintained with support. He had entered a "critical phase" and his chances of survival had been very slim, said doctors. Sarabjit's lawyer will file a new petition in the Lahore High Court on Wednesday asking for...
09:11 AM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: As the family of Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh said he was "clinically dead", opposition leader Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday slammed the government for not dealing with Islamabad "firmly". "Whatever happened with Sarabjit in Pakistan, India has not talked as firmly with them (Pakistan government) as we should have," she said in response to a question. "This is not an isolated incident; even when the...
02:46 AM, May 01, 2013
Lahore/Islamabad: The condition of Indian national Sarbajit Singh, comatose in a Lahore hospital after a brutal assault last week, further deteriorated tonight though doctors had not declared him brain dead, official sources said. The sources told PTI that Sarabjit's condition continued deteriorating through the day and his blood pressure was being maintained with support. Sarabjit had entered a "critical phase" and his chances of survival were very slim, the sources...
12:26 AM, May 01, 2013
Islamabad: Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal will visit Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh, comatose in hospital following a brutal assault, on Thursday. Sabharwal is scheduled to be in Lahore on Thursday and would visit Sarabjit in hospital, the Indian High Commission said. There were no other details. Pakistan has so far granted officials of the Indian mission consular access to Sarabjit on two occasions. Sarabjit, 49, was...
07:19 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Islamabad: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's lawyer will reportedly file a new petition in Lahore High Court on Wednesday seeking permission for Indian doctors to examine him. Sarabjit Singh is in coma at Lahore's Jinnah Hospital, and reports suggest that he may be brain dead. Sarabjit's family will meet him again tonight at 8.00 pm and come to India on Wednesday to seek advice on whether ventilator support to him should...
06:33 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Lahore: Doctors treating Indian death row convict Sarbajit Singh, comatose in a Lahore hospital after a brutal assault last week, on Tuesday said his condition had deteriorated. Allama Iqbal Medical College principal Mahmood Shaukat, the head of a four-member medical board this is supervising Sarabjit's treatment, confirmed that his condition had deteriorated. "In our latest investigation, there was no sign of improvement (in Sarabjit's condition). Rather, his condition further deteriorated,"...
02:08 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Lahore/New Delhi: Indian prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur reportedly will be coming back to India via Wagah border on Wednesday to seek advice on whether ventilator support to her brother should be withdrawn. There have been hints that 49-year-old Sarabjit is brain dead and is being sustained by life support mechanisms. Dalbir has said that she needs to consult with people back in India and would be...
12:54 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: The safety of Indian prisoners languishing in Pakistani jails has once again come into sharp focus following the assault on Sarabjit Singhat Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail. While Pakistan alleges that Sarabjit is an Indian spy, he claims that he inadvertently crossed the border and was caught by Pakistani security agencies. While the truth is not clear, the animosity between the two countries has led to authorities on both...
12:16 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Lahore: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's family finally got a chance to visit him in the hospital in Pakistan, but the news is grim. Sarabjit's condition is deteriorating even as India pushes for him to get medical treatment back home. India on Monday appealed to Pakistan to facilitate the return of prisoner Sarabjit Singh who was attacked by his jail inmates on Friday afternoon. In a statement, the Ministry of External...
09:26 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Moscow: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday asked Pakistan to take "seriously" India's appeal for the release of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh, comatose in a Lahore hospital after a brutal assault. "We have been concerned of getting him (Sarabjit) back to India. We have been repeatedly pushing the matter. We have pulled out everything we know in diplomacy to reach out for this matter," Khurshid said in...
02:07 AM, Apr 30, 2013
India on Monday appealed to Pakistan to faciliate the return of prisoner Sarabjit Singh who was attacked by his jail inmates on Friday. ...
11:10 PM, Apr 29, 2013
