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Saturday, May 04, 2013
Indians, Pakistanis demand UN-supervised probe into Sarabjit’s killing
LAHORE: Pakistani and Indian civil society activists have expressed sorrow on the death of convicted Indian spy Sarabjit Singh as a result of an attack on him in the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore by some fellow inmates.
“We the citizens of India and Pakistan are pained by the sad demise of Mr Sarabjit Singh as a result of a dastardly attack on him in the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore. ... We express our deep and heartfelt condolences for the family of the deceased,” a statement issued by PILER on Friday read. It said that given the statements by most Indian prisoners in Pakistan jails of good and humane treatment, “this unusual and inexplicable attack on Sarabjit Singh and the allegations of torture in the recent death of Chamel Singh in Pakistan jail indicate some conspiracy by vested interests to destabilise relations between India and Pakistan that were showing marked improvement in recent times”.
The statement further said, “Hence we demand a thorough and complete investigation under the supervision of the UN or any independent international body. Prisoners anywhere are the responsibility of the governments and the government of Pakistan should immediately take strict and exemplary actions against all those responsible for the attack as well as the planners and conspirators. Pakistan and India should especially ensure that all steps are taken for complete protection and safeguarding all human rights of the prisoners of other country in their jails.”
Those who have signed the plea are Mahesh Bhatt, Mazher Hussain, Ram Punyani, Jatin Desai, John Dayal, Javed Anand, Jamal Kidwai, Varsha Rajan Berry, Sandeep Panday, Feroz Mithiborewala, Hasan Mansoor, Vijayan MJ, Haris Kidwai, Ramesh Jadav, Mohammed Turab, Mohammad Tahseen, Abbas Ali Siddiqui, Dr AH Nayyar, Dr Tipu Sultan, Qazi Javed, Zulfiqar Halepoto, Karamat Ali, Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Zeeenia Shoukat, Dr Haroon Ahmed, Sheema Kermani, BM Kutty, Muhammad Yaqoob, Syed Muhammad Ali Shah, Dr Ali Ercelan, Shamsuddin, Mir Zulfiqar Ali and Farhat Perveen. pr
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk
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