Islamabad, April 28
Just two days away from being hanged, Indian national Sarabjit Singh today got a second brief reprieve after Pakistani authorities put off his execution for up to three weeks.
There was a “procedural postponement” of Sarabjit’s execution by the home department of Punjab province, officials said.
Sarabjit (42), sentenced to death for allegedly carrying out four bomb attacks in 1990 in Lahore and Multan, was due to be hanged on May 1 after the expiry of a 30-day stay of his death sentence granted by President Pervez Musharraf in March.
According to existing rules, Sarabjit’s case has to be put once again before a local court for fixing a fresh date for the execution, Dawn News channel quoted the unnamed officials as saying.
— PTI
