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Owais Sheikh, the new counsel for Sarabjit, said the petition seeking clemency for the Indian national will include a letter addressed to Zardari by the condemned man. "I will file the mercy petition on Wednesday. I have also sought a meeting with the President so I can take up the matter with him personally," Sheikh said, shortly after meeting Sarabjit at Kot Lakhpat jail here.
Sheikh said the petition will include a letter from Sarabjit in which he has asked the President to pardon him on humanitarian grounds so that he could live the rest of his life with his family in India.
Noting that he had already spent nearly 19 years in prison, Sarabjit said in the letter that Islam taught its followers to forgive instead of taking revenge. Sheikh said Sarabjit had called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up his case with the Pakistan government. Sarabjit also urged the Indian government to treat all Pakistani prisoners in a humane manner and free them expeditiously, he added.
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SARABJEET SINGH NEEDS ALL SUPPORT AND SYMPATHIES AND BE PARDONED, RELEASED AND SENT TO HIS NATIVE PLACE. HON'BLEPRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN MR ASAF ALI ZARDARI IS REQUESTEDTO RECONSIDER THE CASE OF SARABJEET SINGH AND GRANT PARDON.HE HAS GOT TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS, WIFE, SISTER AND HISBROTHER IN LAW WHO HAVE BEEN TOILING TO ARRANGEFOR THE RELEASE OF SARABJEET SINGH FROM PAK JAILS. ONCE AGAIN IT IS MOST RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED TO PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN TO GRANT PARDON (IN THE NAME OF SHAHEED-E-AZAM BENAZIR BHUTTO) TO SARABJEET SINGH AND SEND HIMTO INDIA. AT RIGHT TIME WE WILL IN INDIA SEE THAT THE GOODWILL DONE TO SARABJEET SINGH IS HUMBLY RECIPROCATED.PLEASE PARDON AND EARN THE BLESSINGS OF MILLIONS OF INDIAN AND OTHERS WORLD OVER. WITH KIND REGARDS. P.C.LUTHRA