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Dalbir now to fight for other PoWs
WSN Network
 AMRITSAR:
Global
Human Rights Council chief Arvind Thakur and Dalbir Kaur, sister of
alleged Indian spy Sarabjit Singh, would travel to
Pakistan
in July to seek justice for the prisoners of war (PoWs). The
Pakistan Government has long been negating claims of Indian human
rights activist that it has PoWs lurking in various jails. Member of
UN Human Rights Council advisory committee and former Pakistan
minister Ansar Burney during his visit to
India
last month had categorically ruled out the presence of Indian PoWs
in Pakistan.
Thakur told the
media here: “We have names of 23 Indians lodged in Pakistani jails
since various wars and would take up their cases before competent
authority. The majority of the Indians in Pakistani jails are PoWs.
In contrast, the majority of the Pakistanis in Indian prisons are
civilians.
Of the 23
Indians named in the panel list, 14 are PoWs confined without trial
since 1971.” In city today to meet Thakur and plan their trip to
Pakistan, Dalbir Kaur said the indefinite stay on Sarabjit’s
execution had rekindled her hopes of reuniting with her brother.
“During my visit
to Pakistan to meet Sarabjit, the people gave me names of 45
Pakistanis, the majority of whom had been held in India for
overstaying their visa, and asked me to secure their release.”
“Pakistani national Amjad Ali imprisoned in Delhi since November
1993 for overstaying visa was slapped a fine of Rs 25,000. His
family claim to have sent Rs 40,000 to India to secure his release,
but to no avail,” she added.
7
May,
2008
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