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Sarabjits family makes fresh appeal to New Delhi.

BIKHIWIND, June 24, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- The wife and daughters of Sarabjit Singh Sarabjit Singh is an Indian from Punjab accused of carrying out three separate bombings in Lahore, which claimed the lives of 14 people and injured dozens.

He has been sentenced to death for his alleged role in acts of terrorism.
, whose death sentence in 1990 bomb attack cases has been upheld in Pakistan, today appealed New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River.  to intervene and ensure his release as he is innocent and has undergone a jail term which is more than a life sentence. I appeal to the Indian and the Pakistani governments that my husband is innocent. The time he has spent in Pakistan surpasses a life sentence. This delay is torturing us. If the Indian government puts pressure, he can be saved. The Indian government should not remain quite, Sarabjits wife Sukhpreet Kaur said. His young daughters Swapandeep and Poonam said they had full confidence that the hearing in their fathers case in the Pakistan Supreme Court would have a positive outcome. But now we are shocked and we did not expect this... He is an Indian citizen. The Indian government should do something. We have given proofs of his innocence to the Pakistan government, they said. Meanwhile, noted jurist A judge or legal scholar; an individual who is versed or skilled in law.

The term jurist is ordinarily applied to individuals who have gained respect and recognition by their writings on legal topics.


jurist n.
 and criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani Ram Jethmalani (born September 10, 1923) is an Indian politician and a famous and controversial criminal lawyer.

He was born at Shikharpur in Sind (now in Pakistan), in 1923.

Jethmalani is considered a maverick, and has many distinctions to his credit.
 said that the Indian government should intervene in the case. Rana Abdul Hamid Abdul Hamid may refer to:
  • Abdul Hamid I (1774 - 1789), sultan of the Ottoman Empire
  • Abdul Hamid II (1876 - 1909), sultan of the Ottoman Empire
  • Abdul Hamid (soldier) (1933 - 1965), Indian soldier and recipient of the Param Vir Chakra
, the lawyer who was representing Sarabjit, had been unable to appear in court in Pakistan after he was last year appointed an additional advocate general by Punjab province. Sarabjit has been on death row since he was convicted for alleged involvement in four bomb blast cases in 1990 that killed 14 people.

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Publication:Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)
Date:Jun 24, 2009
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