Pak prisoner case: Khoso asks India to ensure thorough probe

May 04, 2013

Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso today called on his Indian counterpart to personally look into an attack on a Pakistani prisoner in a jail in Jammu and ensure a thorough investigation. Sanaullah, a Pakistani national serving a life sentence was attacked in the prison in Jammu and Kashmir, a day after Indian national Sarabjit Singh succumbed to injuries sustained in a brutal assault within a jail in Lahore.

In a statement, Khoso expressed "deep concern" over the incident and noted that a large number of Pakistani nationals were incarcerated in Indian prisons. He said many of these prisoners had completed their sentences but were awaiting repatriation.