In Pakistan, a court has sought a report from the Pak Interior Ministry in response to a petition seeking the release of Indian national Sarabjit Singh, currently on death row following his conviction for alleged involvement in bomb attacks in 1990. Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik of the Lahore High Court yesterday asked the Interior Ministry to file a reply by March 16, failing which the court would decide the matter on merit. Sarabjit's counsel Awais Sheikh had submitted the petition seeking the inclusion of Sarabjit in a list of foreigners languishing in Pakistani jails despite having served their sentences. Earlier, the prison superintendent had informed the court that Sarabjit's prison term had expired a year ago but his fate will be decided in the light of directions from the General Headquarters of the Pakistan Army and the presidency.