Islamabad: What should have been the release of an Indian death row prisoner has turned into an "international embarrassment" for the Pakistan government following the mix-up over the identity of two Indian nationals currently in a Pakistani jail. Hours after reports emerged yesterday that Pakistan was to release Sarabjit Singh, convicted and sentenced to death in 1990 for alleged involvement in a string of bombings, Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar clarified...
03:40 PM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: Poor communication among Pakistani authorities has been blamed for the Sarabjit-Surjeet fiasco on Wednesday. CNN-IBN has confirmed that Pakistan Presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar had named Surjeet Singh as the person who was being released from Pakistani prison at 7.30 pm on Tuesday. But neither Babar, nor the Pakistan government tried to issue a quick denial to correct the information in the media. In fact it took up to...
01:26 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Sarabjit's sister, who has been leading the fight for his release, says they are disappointed but are still holding on to hope. ...
11:07 AM, Jun 27, 2012
Lawyer Awais Sheikh is hopeful that Pakistan will release his other client Sarabjit Singh soon. ...
11:03 AM, Jun 27, 2012
Surjeet Singh has been languishing in the same Pakistani prison as Sarabjit for 3 decades. ...
10:57 AM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: There was a cruel twist of fate for Indian prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh and his family. Hours after announcing that he would be released, Islamabad has confirmed that it's not him, but another Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh who is being sent home. However, the big question is whether the faux pas by Pakistan is really a genuine mistake or a mischief. Surjeet had already served his life...
10:35 AM, Jun 27, 2012
Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir appealed to the Indian government to intervene after the Pakistan faux pas. ...
09:38 AM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: There was a cruel twist for Indian prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh and his family. Hours after announcing that he would be released, Islamabad has confirmed that it's not him, but another Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh who is being sent home. It was a major faux pas by the government, which means for now Sarabjit Singh will not be released. He has been in jail for the past...
07:32 AM, Jun 27, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan will release 315 Indian fishermen at the Wagah land border crossing on Thursday, official sources said on Tuesday. The fishermen are currently being held at a jail in Karachi, and they will be freed and sent to Lahore to be handed over to Indian authorities, sources told PTI. Pakistan and India arrest scores of fishermen every year on charges of violating territorial waters. Pakistani officials say over 150...
01:44 AM, Jun 27, 2012
Just about two months after India released jailed Pakistan scientist Dr Khalil Chisti, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari commuted the death sentence of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who had been languishing in jail for 22 years. ...
11:40 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan will release 315 Indian fishermen at the Wagah land border crossing on Thursday, official sources said on Tuesday. The fishermen are currently being held at a jail in Karachi, and they will be freed and sent to Lahore to be handed over to Indian authorities, sources told PTI. Pakistan and India arrest scores of fishermen every year on charges of violating territorial waters. Pakistani officials say over 150...
11:13 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Sarabjit Singh's Sister Dalbir Kaur termed her brother's release as the victory of all Indians and thanked Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. ...
10:39 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Hyderabad: Jagan Mohan Reddy's party, the YSR Congress swept the Andhra Pradesh by-polls, winning 15 of the 18 Assembly seats and grabbing the Nellore Lok Sabha seat. The Congress managed to win two seats. It fared poorly in the 16 others, coming in at third in ten seats, ranking fifth in one and getting its deposits forfeited in five other seats. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), meanwhile won the seat...
03:25 PM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: Spurned by friends and relatives after his release following 15 years of incarceration for a murder, a man thought "the best place for him was jail" and committed another murder to earn another life term. The ironical realisation dawned upon 60-year-old Satish Kumar of West Delhi within six months after he walked out of Tihar Jail in March 2009 after serving a life term there following his conviction...
01:40 AM, Jun 15, 2012
Cairo: Egypt's jailed president Hosni Mubarak's health deteriorated further as he was slipping in and out of coma in a prison hospital and was at risk of suffering a stroke any time, an official said on Sunday. Mubarak, 84, who has been undergoing treatment at the Tora prison hospital in Cairo, is experiencing breathlessness due to his heart problems, more than a week after he was sentenced to life in...
08:12 PM, Jun 10, 2012
Mumbai: The murder of Pune blast accused Qateel Siddiqui inside a high security Yerawada prison has thrown up many questions. Siddiqui, was murdered by two other inmates in Pune's high-security Yerawada prison on Friday. A day after the shocker, while Human Rights groups plan to register a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission, several glaring questions remain unanswered. If the 27-year-old high value accused was in solitary confinement, how...
09:44 AM, Jun 10, 2012
Cairo: Hosni Mubarak's health entered a "dangerous" phase on Wednesday, and doctors had to administer oxygen five times to help the deposed Egyptian leader breathe, according to security officials at his prison. Mubarak's health crisis came days after he was sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of protesters in the uprising that unseated him last year. The officials at Torah prison south of Cairo said...
08:14 AM, Jun 07, 2012
Hyderabad: Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's first day of questioning revolved around crores of investments that flowed into his companies allegedly through hawala routes. The CBI also sought to know the alleged pressure exerted by the MP and his late father and chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, on the then investments and infrastructure minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao with regard to the Vanpic deal. The CBI, according to sources,...
10:44 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: A few inmates of the Poojapura Central Prison in Thiruvanathapuram have been making their way into the community's hearts through their stomachs. They make chapattis and chicken curry and sell it to eager citizens for Rs 25. Superintendent of the Central Prison B Pradeep said, "This was started as a welfare program and was a great success. About 25,000 chapattis and 2,000 chicken curries are sold daily. And there...
10:46 AM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: To tackle overcrowding in prisons across the country, the National Human Rights Commission has suggested holding of night courts in jails for trial of petty offences. NHRC Chairperson KG Balakrishnan said various strategies could be employed to bring down the prison population like ensuring that police does not make any arrest indiscriminately and also providing legal aid to the poor. He said the number of undertrial prisoners is...
09:40 AM, May 13, 2012
