Sarabjit Singh (49) had died following an attack on him by the inmates of a Lahore prison in April 2013.
Punjab government Tuesday cleared the appointment of slain Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's daughter as 'Naib Tehsildar' (revenue officer).
The distraught family of deceased Sarabjit Singh reached their native village Bikhiwind in Tarn Taran district of Punjab on Thursday evening.
Gandhi spent around 40 minutes with the family and consoled them
The Pakistan High Commission in Delhi has issued 15 days 'gratis visa' to Sarabjit's wife Sukhpreet Kaur, daughters Poonam, Swapandeep Kaur and his sister Dalbir Kaur to meet the Indian prisoner who is in "deep coma" and put on ventilator support
Dalbir Kaur, the sister of Sarabjit Singh who is on death row in a Pakistan prison, made a vain bid to meet Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday during his stay at a hotel in Mohali
Family members of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row in a Pakistani prison, on Saturday met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray. Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, her husband Baldev Singh and Sarabjit's daughter Swapandeep Kaur met Raj at his residence in central Mumbai.Describing their plight to Raj, Dalbir alleged that the government was not making the required efforts to seek Sarabjit's release.
Swapandeep Kaur, the daughter of Sarabjit Singh, whose hanging was stayed by the Pakistani authorities by a month, on Thursday said it appeared that the neighbouring country has soften its stand on her father. "It is an indication from the Pakistan side that it has soften its stand on my father," she told reporters Chandigarh.
Several college girls performed a yagna (religious offering) on Thursday in Bhikhiwind village, next to the Pakistan border, to pray for the life of Sarabjit Singh, who is facing death sentence in the neighbouring country.
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