New Delhi: Pained at Pakistan's flip-flop on Sarabjit Singh, his family on Thursday stepped up efforts to get the Indian death-row convict released from jail by seeking the Centre's intervention and accused the neighbouring country of playing a "cruel joke" on them. Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur, who is fighting for his release from a Pakistani jail where he is languishing for the past over 20 years, and his daughter along...
01:20 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Wagah (Pakistan): He may have been officially released from jail on Thursday morning but when Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh alighted from the prison van at the Wagah border on the Pakistan side, he was handcuffed and the iron chain was attached to the belt of a Pakistani police officer. Dressed in a white kurta-pyjama and black turban and carrying two bags, Surjeet, 69, slowly alighted from the prison van with...
12:34 PM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Surjeet Singh, who was released by Pakistan after 31 years on Thursday, revealed that Pakistan media was against another Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's release. "Sarabjit is in a good condition there. I used to keep meeting him. A major problem for Sarabjit has been the Pakistan media, which always goes against him. I will try my best to get Sarabjit freed. I will meet ministers, will do anything...
12:13 PM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Surjeet Singh, who was released by Pakistan after languishing in jail for 31 years, crosses over to India at around 11.35 am after completing immigration formalities at the Wagah border on Thursday. After arriving in India, Surjeet Singh revealed that Pakistan media was against another Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's release. "Sarabjit is in a good condition there. I used to keep meeting him. A major problem for Sarabjit...
11:49 AM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: After Pakistan's flip flop over the release of death row convict Sarabjit Singh, his family on Thursday sat on a dharna at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, demanding the release of Sarabjit. Sarabjits sister Dalbir Kaur is expected to meet the External Affairs Minister SM Krishna shortly. Hours after reports emerged on Tuesday that Pakistan was to free Sarabjit Singh, the Pakistan Presidential spokesman clarified that authorities had...
11:17 AM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh, who was released from Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail after three decades on Thursday, has reached the Wagah border on the Pakistan side on his way back home. After he emerged from the jail, Surjeet Singh said he was looking forward to meeting his family. "During my imprisonment I often remembered my family and children. Today I am very happy. I will go to the...
11:06 AM, Jun 28, 2012
Islamabad: Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh, who was released from Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail after three decades Thursday, said that prisoners on both sides of the border should be released. Addressing reporters outside the jail in Punjabi, Surjeet said he had been arrested on charges of spying and would not return to Pakistan because he might be accused of the crime again. The 69-year-old, who spent over 30 years in Pakistani...
10:55 AM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh, who has served a life term following his arrest on charges of spying in the 1980s, has been released from Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore in Pakistan on Thursday. Pakistani policemen are now escorting the 69-year old to the Wagah border, where he will be handed over to Indian authorities. Indian officials said a team present at Wagah to receive over 300 fishermen being...
09:02 AM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh, who has served a life term following his arrest on charges of spying in the 1980s, is set to return home on Thursday after 31 long years. Pakistani policemen will escort the 69-year old to the Wagah border, where he will be handed over to Indian authorities. Surjeet Singh will be released from Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore at 10 am on Thursday, a...
07:50 AM, Jun 28, 2012
Mistaken identity caused the Sarabjit-Surjeet fiasco. Abu Jundal's confession triggers new war of words between India and Pakistan. ...
11:55 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Hours after announcing that Sarabjit Singh would be released, Islamabad confirmed that it's not him, but another Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh who is being sent home. ...
11:09 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Hope crashed once again for Sarabjit Singh's family but the unexpected twist brought joy to Surjeet Singh's relatives. ...
10:56 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur says now she hopes that a good news will come from Pakistan and will remain. ...
10:52 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Lahore: Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh, who has served a life term following his arrest on charges of spying in the 1980s, will be freed from a prison in the eastern Pakistani city and handed over to Indian authorities on Thursday, an official said on Wednesday. Singh, 69, will be released from Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore at 10 am on Thursday, a senior official of the prison department of Punjab...
10:33 PM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday asked the government should explain how Foreign Minister SM Krishna announced that Pakistan would release death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh but later said it was Surjeet Singh who would be freed. "When Krishna announced Sarabjit would be released, there was happiness all over India but things changed suddenly. The government must take people into confidence as to how could the minister...
08:44 PM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Sarabjit-Surjeet fiasco is an unfortunate story of hope and despair. Was the mix up a result of poor communication or just a U-turn by the Pakistan government? Why did Islamabad not act faster to clarify the frenzy of misleading reports on both sides of the border? It was five hours of hope for Sarabjit Singh and his family, followed by extreme despair that prompted Indian analysts to...
07:44 PM, 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 confirmed that it's not him, but another Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh who is being sent home. The confusion that was created over Sarabjit Singh's released seems more of a communication error. CNN-IBN traces how the Sarabjit-Surjeet story developed through Tuesday evening right...
06:38 PM, Jun 27, 2012
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
