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Pak to consider pardon for Sarabjit: Gilani
WSN Network

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani personally believes that Indian national Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death by a local court for alleged involvement in bomb attacks, should be pardoned and has asked President Pervez Musharraf to review his case.

He said his personal beliefs in the matter were the reason why he had recently written to Musharraf to stop Sarabjit's execution, which was scheduled for May 1. Pakistani authorities last week put off Sarabjit's hanging indefinitely "I have advised the President that he should stop . (Sarabjit's) execution and it should be reviewed by the ministries of interior, foreign affairs, law and justice and human rights," Gilani told interviewer Karan Thapar on the programme 'Devil's Advocate'.

Asked if he believed that Sarabjit should be pardoned, Gilani said: "That is the reason I have advised the President. Now it's up to the ministries to take a decision."

14 May, 2008
 

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