Kashmir Singh to be released on March 3
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news.oneindia.in}Lahore,
Mar
3:
Kashmir
Singh,
the
Indian
who
has
been
languishing
in
various
jails
in
Pakistan
for
the
past
35
years,
will
be
released
at
5
p.m.
today,
and
will
cross
into
India
and
to
his
home
in
Punjab
on
March
4
morning,
said
Caretaker
Federal
Minister
for
Human
Rights
Ansar
Burney.
Burney
told
reporters
at
Lahore's
Avari
Hotel
here
on
Sunday
that
Kashmir
Singh
had
been
arrested
in
Rawalpindi
in
1973,
on
the
charges
of
spying
for
Indian
agencies.
He
said
a
Pakistan
military
court
had
sentenced
Kashmir
to
death
while
the
other
Indian,
his
accomplice,
had
returned
after
serving
a
sentence
of
10
years.
During
the
question-answer
session,
the
minister
said
he
knew
of
30
or
40
such
cases
of
Pakistani
families
who
had
been
suffering
because
their
loved
ones
were
languishing
in
Indian
jails.
Burney
said
that
he
had
talked
to
Indian
High
Commissioner
Satyabrata
Pal
for
the
release
of
Pakistani
prisoners
in
Indian
jails,
whose
number
was
over
500.
Burney
said
he
would
be
accompanying
Kashmir
Singh
to
his
home.
"Pakistan
has
taken
the
first
step
as
a
good
will
gesture,
and
we
hope
that
someone
in
India
will
also
stand
up
to
continue
the
good
work," he
added.
ANI