The distraught family of seriously injured Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh was today allowed to have a glimpse of him from a distance at the state-run Jinnah Hospital. Sarabjit is being treated at the intensive care unit of the hospital where he is said to be in serious condition and in coma after a brutal assault in Pakistani's high security Kot Lakhpat Jail on Friday. Sources quoted Pakistan government saying that it would allow one of Sarabjit's family members to stay in a room within Jinnah Hospital.

The family of Sarabjit Singh today crossed over to Pakistan to see him and appealed to the authorities there to allow him to come to India for treatment. Sarabjit's wife Sukhpreet Kaur, daughters Poonam and Swapandeep and sister Dalbir, crossed over through the Attari-Wagah border this afternoon.

Dalbir Kaur told reporters at the border that the family was carrying the best wishes of millions of Indians with them and hoped their prayers will be answered and Sarabjit will get well soon. Sarabjit Singh's wife in an emotional appeal to Pakistan authorities has said that her husband should be sent to India for better treatment.

Meanwhile, Information and Broadcasting Minister, Manish Tiwari said in Bangalore that all efforts are being made to exert pressure on Pakistan to ensure best medical treatment for Sarabjit Singh. He told reporters that all of us are extremely concerned about the condition of Sarabjit. The Minister rejected criticism of opposition parties that the attack on Singh in a Pakistani jail is a reflection of failure of India's foreign policy.

Pakistan today stopped consular accesss to Sarabjit Singh. Offical sourcess said in New Delhi, two official from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad were granted access to Sarabjit on Saturday. They were however, not allowed to visit him today.

The Indian chapter of Pakistan-India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy has condemned the brutal attack on Sarabjit Singh and sought a probe to go to the bottom of the attack in order to punish responsible people.

The spiritual head of Ajmer Sharif Dargah Zainul Abedin Ali Khan said today that the brutal assault on Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistan jail was an un-Islamic act.