Pakistan
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, has through a letter,
appealed to President Pervez Musharraf, to commute the death
sentences of a number of prisoners to life imprisonment. Gillani
has also appealed to release those Indian prisoners in Pak
jails who have completed their sentences. This recommendation
of the Prime Minister may bring relief to Indian prisoner,
Sarabjit who has been in jail in Pakistan for the last 18
months. Sarabjit faces gallows on May one but till now no
order has been released. The initiative of PM Gillani may
help in improvement of relations between India and Pakistan.
On Sunday India had made a fresh appeal to Pakistan to show
mercy to the unfortunate human being (Sarabjit) on humanitarian
grounds. Sarabjit has been sentenced to death in connection
with 1990 bomb blasts in Lahore and was to be hanged on April
one. The hanging was however put off by a month after India
made an appeal to Pakistan government. There is urgent need
for improvement in relations between India and Pakistan. This
would also facilitate in resolution of the ticklish Kashmir
issue. Besides, the terrorists and evil elements have been
exploiting the tension between the two countries to meet their
nefarious designs. A large part of the budget of the two countries
is spent in maintaining peace along the borders. Betterment
of relations would ease this burden on finances as also bring
a halt to unwanton killings and force the terrorists to surrender
and enter mainstream of life. Recently President Musharraf,
while addressing teachers and students at the Tsinghua university
in Beijing said that as far as Pakistan was concerned `we
are going on a bilateral approach with India'. We hope that
good sense prevails on both the sides to resolve this long
standing dispute amicably.
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