March 14, 2014 12:40 pm
Awais Sheikh,the Pakistani counsel for Sarabjit Singh who died after he was assaulted in jail,and his family have taken asylum in Sweden after receiving threats.
October 01, 2013 1:14 am
It is most unfortunate that both countries detain POWs of 1971,but deny their presence in custody.
May 17, 2013 1:37 am
Awais Sheikh had Wednesday night written to Amnesty International about threat to life
May 16, 2013 1:12 pm
Sheikh and his son Shahrukh had gone to a village in Burki Hudaira area to buy land for a farmhouse.
April 14, 2014 6:07 pm
In a letter to caretaker chief minister of Punjab Province (Pakistan) Najam Sethi,Chairperson of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Zohra Yusuf sought immediate security to Sarabjit Singhs lawyer Awais Sheikh who is allegedly being threatened in Pakistan for taking up the Indian prisoner's case.
April 15, 2014 5:38 pm
Sarabjit Singh is in a comatose condition after being assaulted by inmates last week in a Pakistani jail.
April 30, 2013 1:44 pm
It is not yet clear whether Sarabjit's wife and two daughters would also return to India.
April 30, 2013 12:30 am
They plan to consult people in India on what to do next: Sarabjit's lawyer
September 25, 2012 6:35 am
Awais Sheikh,the lawyer of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh who is languishing in a Pakistani jail for over two decades,on Monday moved court in Pakistan after he was denied permission to meet Sarabjit.
July 07, 2012 11:24 am
He aslo demanded that the Pakistan government to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment.





