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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
- DAWN - Latest Stories; February 29, 2008