Emotional homecoming for Surjeet Singh after 31 years in Pak jail

Last Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 08:46

Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh, who has served a life term following his arrest on charges of spying in the 1980s, was freed from Lahore`s Kot Lakhpat Jail on Thursday.

Sarabjit flip-flop, an international embarrassment: Pak media

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 15:31

What should have been the release of an Indian death row prisoner has turned into an "international embarrassment" for the Pakistan govt following the mix-up over the identity of two Indian nationals currently in a Pakistani jail.

The wait ends: Surjeet Singh`s family rejoices

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 12:31

The family of Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner on death row in Pakistan, was left shocked by Islambad`s flip-flop over his release.

ISI behind Pakistan’s change of heart on Sarabjit?

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 09:52

Pakistan’s powerful spy agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is believed to be behind Islamabad’s dramatic U-turn on Sarabjit’s Singh’s release.

Hopes of Sarabjit`s family shattered

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 08:47

Sarabjit`s family was shocked to know that the news of Sarabjit’s release was a faux pas and it was another prisoner Surjeet who was being released.

Pak’s U-turn, says Surjeet, not Sarabjit to be freed

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 08:41

Hours after reports emerged that Pakistan was to free Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, it later clarified that authorities had taken steps for the release of another prisoner named Surjeet Singh.

Indian prisoner to be released from Pak jail after 30 yrs

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 13:43

Indian national Surjeet Singh, who has been languishing in Kot Lakhpat Jail in this eastern Pakistani city for over 30 years, is expected to be freed within three months.