Ansar Burney to file fresh mercy petition for Sarabjit

August 22nd, 2009 Bhikhiwind (Punjab). - The family of Sarabjit Singh, the Indian citizen on death row for last 19 years in Pakistan for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts incidents, had an unusual visitor on Saturday who suggested he could be released if certain corrective measures were undertaken in his native house's basic design.

August 19th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The lawyer representing Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani jail Wednesday met Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and appealed to him to take up the issue of his client's release with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Pakistani lawyer, Owais Sheikh, gave Badal a copy of mercy petition of Sarabjit, who has been on death row in Pakistan on charges of terrorism.

July 11th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday assured all help to Dalbir Kaur, whose brother Sarabjit Singh is facing the death sentence in Pakistan. Badal also asked the chairman of the Akali Dal parliamentary board to move a resolution to mount pressure on the central government for securing the release of Sarabjit Singh.

July 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said that New Delhi is closely monitoring the case of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafeez Muhammad Saeed, the prime accused of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. "I think that it is the internal matter of Pakistan, especially when courts are involved.

July 6th, 2009 LAHORE - Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death on charges of staging bomb blasts here in 1990, will file a mercy petition before Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, his lawyer said Monday. "I will file the mercy petition Wednesday.

June 27th, 2009 AMRITSAR - The Indian national, Sarabjit Singh, presently facing gallons of death for alleged bomb blasts in Pakistan cities, on Saturday received a new lawyer. Owis Sheikh, the new lawyer, will file a fresh petition in court on behalf of the Indian national, he has also blamed Rana Abdul Hamid for Sarabjit's review petition being dismissed and said he would file a fresh petition in the court.

June 26th, 2009 TIRUR - Currently languishing in Pakistan jail, Indian prisoner Sarabjeet Singh has found supporters in Pakistani nationals living in India. Around 180 registered citizens holding Pakistan passports, residing in Tirur in Kerala are gearing up to put forth an appeal to President Asif Ali Zardari to review Sarabjeet's death sentence.

June 25th, 2009 AMRITSAR J - Hundreds of activists of Youth Akali Dal assembled at Amritsar's Hall gate on Thursday to express their support to Sarabjit Singh's early release from Pakistan jail. They also appealed to UPA Government to intervene at the earliest to resolve the issue.

June 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene immediately to save the life of Indian national Sarabjit Singh who is facing death sentence in Pakistan. The appeal came a day after Pakistan's Supreme Court rejected the prisoner's mercy petition on technical grounds after his lawyer failed to appear before the court.

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today said that the UPA Government has decided to take a decision whether to accept or reject the mercy petitions of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and 27 other prisoners on death row. Chidambaram indicated that Afzal's petition would be taken up after similar pleas by 21 others who are listed in sequence before him.

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru's mercy petition is the 22nd among 28 pending with the government and these would soon be taken up for processing, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Monday.

May 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Sarabjit Singh, who has been former Director General of Police from Punjab, has developed a special interest in collecting war medals. The fascination to collect war medals started in 2001, when one day he happened to juggle through some medals at an antique shop.

April 24th, 2009 BHOPAL - Congress General Secretary and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh on Friday said his party would not have any problem if Afzal Guru, who has been sentenced to death for his involvement in the 2001 Parliament attack case, was hanged. "The Congress would not defend Afzal Guru or any other terrorist.

March 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court has asked the central government what steps it was taking to secure the release of Indian prisoners who have been languishing in Pakistani jails for over 25 years. The court issued notice last week on the release of 13 such prisoners including that of Sarabjit Singh who is awaiting death sentence in a Pakistani jail for alleged involvement in the 1990 serial bomb blasts in Lahore and Multan.

January 7th, 2009 MOHALI - The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed a public interest suit against the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), seeking the recovery of entertainment tax collected from the sale of tickets worth over Rs.30 million, PCA officials Thursday said. The ruling was given by the bench of Chief Justice T.