Sarabjit's sister carries 18 rakhis to Lahore prison

REUNITED WITH FAMILY: Sarabjit Singh met his wife, daughters and sister on Thursday.

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New Delhi: The sister of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian who is on death row in Pakistan, carried 18 rakhis when she met him in prison on Thursday: one for each year since she last saw him.

Sarabjit’s wife, daughters and sister met him for about 30 minutes in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat prison and called for his release. “We are happy and sad. I hope he and prisoners languishing in Pakistani and Indian jails will get released,” said Dalbir Kaur, Sarabjit’s sister who has been campaigning for his release.

Sarabjeet is to be hanged on May 1, but sources in Indian and Pakistani governments say there is a chat that the date maybe deferred.

Pakistan said on Thursday it was " considering" India's plea for clemency for Sarabjit. "The issue is under active consideration," said Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Sadiq.

Sarbajit was arrested in 1990 from near the international border and charged with spying and carrying out four bombings that killed 14 people and injured dozens more in Lahore and Faisalabad. Pakistan's Supreme Court in 2006 upheld the death sentence.

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