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Indian spy convict 'faces death' | Indian spy convict 'faces death' |
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly signed the death warrant for an Indian man who was convicted of spying and carrying out bomb blasts. | Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly signed the death warrant for an Indian man who was convicted of spying and carrying out bomb blasts. |
A Lahore jail official said Sarabjit Singh would be executed on 1 April. | A Lahore jail official said Sarabjit Singh would be executed on 1 April. |
He says he is a poor farmer and victim of mistaken identity who strayed drunk from his border village into Pakistan. | He says he is a poor farmer and victim of mistaken identity who strayed drunk from his border village into Pakistan. |
The human rights minister of Pakistan, Ansar Burney, told the BBC he was not aware of any death warrant being signed by the president. | The human rights minister of Pakistan, Ansar Burney, told the BBC he was not aware of any death warrant being signed by the president. |
Mr Musharraf rejected Mr Singh's mercy petition earlier this month, a day after another Indian man, Kashmir Singh, was released following 35 years on death row in Pakistan for alleged spying. | Mr Musharraf rejected Mr Singh's mercy petition earlier this month, a day after another Indian man, Kashmir Singh, was released following 35 years on death row in Pakistan for alleged spying. |
Sarabjit Singh was convicted in 1991 of spying and carrying out four bombings which killed 14 people the year before in the Pakistani cities of Lahore and Faisalabad. | |
Political pressure | Political pressure |
Pakistani officials say he was arrested while trying to slip back into India. | Pakistani officials say he was arrested while trying to slip back into India. |
Two years ago, Pakistan's Supreme Court rejected Mr Singh's attempt to have his death sentence overturned. | Two years ago, Pakistan's Supreme Court rejected Mr Singh's attempt to have his death sentence overturned. |
The case has received wide publicity in India and the government has come under intense political pressure to intervene. | The case has received wide publicity in India and the government has come under intense political pressure to intervene. |
In 2005, former Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh asked for Mr Singh to be pardoned on humanitarian grounds. | In 2005, former Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh asked for Mr Singh to be pardoned on humanitarian grounds. |
India and Pakistan have jailed hundreds of each other's soldiers and civilians over years of hostility. | India and Pakistan have jailed hundreds of each other's soldiers and civilians over years of hostility. |
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