Amritsar: Indian prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh continues to be in a coma after being attacked by fellow inmates in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail. His family will be leaving for Pakistan on Sunday even as authorities there have suspended two jail officials. Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur on Saturday had said that the High Commission in Delhi has issued visa to the family and she along with his daughters Poonam, Swapandeep...
09:33 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Bangalore: Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday described the attack on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was in a jail in Pakistan, as "most unfortunate" and said there was no democracy or humanity in Pakistan. "It is very unfortunate. We have an example here. A Pakistani militant who was in jail and because of whom so many people died in a Mumbai hotel, till he was hanged, not...
08:25 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Sarabjit Singh was brutally assaulted inside Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail in Pakistan on Friday. ...
08:12 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Bangalore: The BJP on Saturday described the attack on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani jail as the "most unfortunate episode" and slammed the alleged "weak and meek" response of the government on this and other issues, including Chinese incursion. "It is a spineless government. Not just this episode. Even when two Indian soldiers were beheaded (by Pakistan), the government did not utter a single word," BJP senior leader...
04:53 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Lahore: A day after Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh was brutally assaulted inside Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail, his family has been been granted visa to visit him in hospital. Four members of Sarabjit Singh's family have been granted visa by the Pakistan High Commission to meet the Indian prisoner. The Pakistani High Commission in Delhi also said that it will extend all possible help to facilitate their travel to Pakistan. Sarabjit's...
03:13 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Lahore: A day after Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh was thrashed inside a Lahore jail in Pakistan, he continues to be critical and in ICU. Two prisoners have been charged and two officials suspended. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has condemned the attack and called it a 'very sad incident'. Police on Saturday registered a case of attempted murder against two prisoners for brutally assaulting Indian national Sarabjit Singh, who was in...
01:30 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Lahore: Police on Saturday registered a case of attempted murder against two prisoners for brutally assaulting Indian national Sarabjit Singh, who was in a "deep coma" in a hospital in Lahore. Official sources said the FIR against prisoners Amer Aftab and Mudassar was registered following a complaint from Assistant Superintendent Ishtiaq Ahmed Gill of Kot Lakhpath Jail. The two men were booked under sections 324 (attempted murder) and 334 (causing...
11:31 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Lahore: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was attacked in a Lahore jail in Pakistan, is in 'deep coma' and official sources say no surgery can be conducted on him till his condition stabilises. Sarabjit has been put on ventilator and doctors at the Jinnah Hospital are trying to stabilise him. Sarabjit was in an Intensive Care Unit of the Jinnah Hospital in Lahore, where he was admitted on Friday after...
09:53 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Lahore: The death row convict, Sarabjit Singh, who was attacked in a Lahore jail in Pakistan, is in "deep coma" and no surgery can be performed till his condition stabilises, said official sources. He has been put on ventilator. The doctors are carrying out trauma control and are awaiting stabilisation in his condition before conducting further tests. "Doctors attending to Sarabjit Singh informed the Indian officials that he is in...
08:15 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Lahore: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh is critical after being attacked on Friday by fellow inmates inside a Lahore jail in Pakistan and has been admitted to the ICU with severe head injuries. His family says he received many threats but, Pakistani authorities did not pay heed. There is tight security outside Lahore's Jinnah Hospital where Sarabjit is being treated. But it comes too late to protect Sarabjit from being attacked...
07:57 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Lahore: Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh had spoken of a threat to his life from a fellow prisoner after the execution in India of Afzal Guru but Pakistani authorities failed to provide him adequate security, his lawyer said on Friday. "Sarabjit told me and a CID (Crime Investigation Department) official after the execution of Afzal Guru that a prisoner in Kot Lakhpat Jail had issued death threats. I brought...
01:45 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Indian prisoner on death row Sarabjit Singh was reportedly attacked by fellow jail inmates in Lahore and has been admitted to hospital after the attack inside Kot Lakhpat Jail. Sarabjit has reportedly received head injuries in the attack and is in critical condition. ...
11:40 PM, Apr 26, 2013
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11:39 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Amritsar: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's sister on Friday said there was constant threat to her brother's life in Pakistan after the hanging of Afzal Guru and "suspecting attack" she had approached authorities but no action was taken. Shocked over the attack on her brother by fellow prisoners inside the Kotlakhpatrai jail in Lahore, Dalbir Kaur said, "They (inmates) were threatening him of dire consequences and were aggressive since the hanging...
10:11 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Human rights activist Ansar Burney condemned the attack and said, "We had some clue Sarabjit Singh would be attacked. Sarabjit must be sent back to India." ...
09:59 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday reacted strongly to the attack on Indian national Sarabjit Singh, currently on death row in a Lahore jail, demanding that India should take strong note of it and "warn" Pakistan. "Pakistani establishment has been hijacked by terrorists. Pakistan government runs at their whims and mercy. The attack on Sarabjit is unfortunate. It is more unfortunate since his sister had written to the government warning...
09:39 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Jamshedpur: All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) on Friday condemned the attack on Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani jail where he was on death row. Satnam Singh Gambhir, President of AISSF's Jharkhand-Bihar unit also urged the central government to take up the issue with the Pakistani authorities to ensure proper medical treatment to him. The Centre should also mount pressure on Pakistan government to initiate stringent action against the culprits,...
09:12 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Lahore: Indian prisoner on death row Sarabjit Singh was reportedly attacked by fellow jail inmates in Lahore and has been admitted to hospital after the attack inside Kot Lakhpat Jail. Sarabjit has reportedly received head injuries in the attack and is in critical condition. Pakistan media has reported that Sarabjit was hit with bricks and plates by fellow prisoners while he was moved to another cell. The Indian prisoner also...
07:24 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Islamabad: The Lahore High Court has cancelled former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's interim bail in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case. This comes at a time when Musharraf is under house arrest in another case. Musharraf returned to his farmhouse which has been declared a sub-jail and where he was ordered to serve 14 days in judicial custody by an anti-terrorism court, in Islamabad on Saturday. He had spent the night...
02:12 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Lahore: Former President Pervez Musharraf has filed an appeal against the rejection of his nomination papers for a parliamentary constituency in Pakistan's Punjab province. The appeal against the rejection of the papers for the constituency in Kasur was filed in an election tribunal on Wednesday, the last day to challenge decisions made by Returning Officers. In the appeal filed by lawyer Salman Safdar, Musharraf said he had served the country...
01:57 PM, Apr 11, 2013
