Family visits Sarabjit, Pak gives more access - Indian Express

Press Trust of India : Lahore, Mon Apr 29 2013, 03:58 hrs The family of Sarabjit Singh was Sunday allowed a glimpse of him from a distance at the hospital here, where he is being treated after a brutal assault in a Pakistani jail. Doctors have said the changes of survival of Singh, who remains in coma, are slim. More than 45 hours after Sarabjit was admitted to Jinnah Hospital with a severe head injury, there has been "no sign" of recovery, doctors were quoted as saying by sources. The 49-year-old's central nervous system has been badly damaged. A senior doctor at the hospital said Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, wife Sukhpreet Kaur and daughters Swapandeep and Poonam were allowed to see him through a window from outside the intensive care unit. Apart from medical reasons, security concerns are believed to have governed the decision. Sukhpreet appealed to the Pakistani authorities to send him back to India for better treatment. Meanwhile, the two main accused in Friday's attack on Sarabjit told investigators they planned to kill him to take revenge for the bombings he was accused of carrying out in Lahore in 1990. Indian High Commission officials Sunday visited Sarabjit for the second time in as many days after permission for "second counsular access" was granted by Pakistani authorities following an initial denial. India had sought "regular consular access" so that its officials could track Sarabjit's treatment. Foreign office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said family members will be able to visit Sarabjit whenever they want. ALSO READ Promised jobs in Iraq, 20 youth return empty-handed What will govt gain by hanging Bhullar: Punjab CM Badal Congress dares Navjot Singh Sidhu to contest from Amritsar on BJP ticket 'Had told Rajiv Gandhi, killings of Sikhs as big a sin as Indira Gandhi's assassination' Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Top Stories - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF7hkxRH-JImt_FJYWG1oX_Nf2KQw&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/family-visits-sarabjit-pak-gives-more-access/1109092/

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