Musharraf orders release of Indian “spy” condemned to death

[HAIDER]

SLAMABAD, Feb 29 (Reuters): President Musharraf has accepted a mercy plea from an Indian national who spent 35 years on death row on spying charges, and ordered his release, Ansar Burney, Minister for Human Rights, said Friday. Kashmir Singh was arrested in Rawalpindi with another Indian in 1973 while trying to smuggle goods from Pakistan to India. The other man was sentenced to 10 years in jail and has been sent back to India, but a military court sentenced Singh to death. Burney said Singh would be released Monday and handed over to Indian authorities. Contact has been made with his family through Indian politicians, he said. (Posted @ 12:00 PST )
- DAWN - Latest Stories; February 29, 2008

 

[IceCold]

Woow! Nice going. When will we ever gonna learn? I wonder indians would have shown the same courtesy, provided it was a pakistani.

 

[Always Neutral]

A nice gesture by Gen M.

Regards

 

[BATMAN]

A nice gesture by Gen M.

Regards

U R

 

[Astra]

Woow! Nice going. When will we ever gonna learn? I wonder indians would have shown the same courtesy, provided it was a pakistani.

Please do not turn this sad incident to something that gives you pride.

Well, India has a big heart. We returned 90,000 POW's after the 1971 liberation war- within weeks- - [Not 30 years]..In return for nothing - and we did not torcher them in death cells for over 23 hours a day.

Are we not merciful?

 

[A.Rahman]

Are we not merciful?

That was because you guys couldn't accommodate them

 

[Malang]

I wonder indians would have shown the same courtesy, provided it was a pakistani.

Kavita Suri
OCTROI BORDER OUT POST (JAMMU), Feb. 11: Three Pakistani soldiers apparently lost their acquired hatred for all things Indian after their interaction with BSF jawans who arrested them for inadvertently straying into Indian territory last evening.
Nasir Ahmed, Amzad Farooq and Syed Zia-ul-Shah, aged between 24 and 26, who belong to the 19 Punjab Regiment of Pakistani army headquartered at Sialkot, had come to Uccha Pind in Sialkote district for participating in Dangal (wrestling), a traditional rural sport still played in parts of both Indian and Pakistani Punjab. The trio, unarmed, decided to see the International Border for themselves and never realised that they had crossed over to India until BSF jawans from the 129 Batallion arrested them. After interrogation satisfied the BSF that the trio had inadvertently crossed over, a decision was taken to repatriate them. “We will never forget the way the BSF treated us. We were neither tortured nor ill-treated.
In fact, the BSF showed us the nicer side of the Indian army," one of the three Pakistani soldiers said on the Octroi Border out-post along RS Pura border. DIG BSF Mr SS Virk, said a bilateral treaty signed with Pakistan enjoined upon the two countries to repatriate soldiers within 24 hours of straying into each other's territories. “This is a goodwill gesture and we hope it would be reciprocated,” Mr Virk said.

The Statesman (requires registration was posted on the 12th of Feb, 2008)

 

[Malang]

That was because you guys couldn't accommodate them

I think if millions of people can be accommodated in a city like Delhi or Mumbai etc. then 90,000 Enemies could've surely been accommodated ..

but to say they were merciful is again not fair to Pakistani...

It was a gesture of goodwill shown to an enemy who fought hard and with courage...


Reminds of a Joke: a Sikh calls up Bush and tells him to prepare for war.. Bush says what? We have 100,000's of soldiers, 1,000's of ships and planes etc... do you seriously expect to defeat us?
the Sikh says please hold while I consult with my council.. then the sikh guy says cancel all war plans we don't have space to accommodate so many POW's in PUnjab...

 

[Trooper]

good news!