The family members of 17 boys from Punjab facing death sentence in the UAE , met the Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur on Sunday at her residence in Patiala and urged her to take steps to save lives of their bread earners.<br/><br/>The Minister while assuring them all out help disclosed that the Union Government has initiated the process of appointing full fledged ambassador to SHARJAH, to take up the issue on war footing. India has already hired a leading lawyer of Dubai who will shortly contact the aggrieved to pursue their case further.