June 16, 2011 9:18 AM

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Pak court allows Sarabjit's sister to meet him

A Pakistani court gave permission to the sister of Indian national Sarabjit Singh,who has been sentenced to death for alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Punjab province, to meet him at Kot Lakhpat Jail today and again prior to her departure to India. Sarabjit's counsel Awais Sheikh filed a petition in the Lahore High Court asking it to permit Dalbir Kaur to meet her brother in jail. Chief Justice Ijaz Chaudhry heard the petition yesterday and permitted Kaur to meet Sarabjit in the prison at 11AM today. The court also directed the Punjab Home Secretary and Superintendent of Kot Lakhpat Jail to allow Kaur to meet her brother again on the day when she would leave for India. Kaur arrived in Lahore on 6th of this month to meet Sarabjit and appeal to the Pakistan government for his release. Kaur and other members of Sarabjit's family had last visited Pakistan in 2008 to meet him.

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