Online Petition
for Sarabjit's by Salman Khan
An emotional tweet the
actor had appealed to the people of Pakistan to support him in efforts
to free Sarabjit.
Pakistan on Thursday released
Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh. Earlier, reports had said that Pakistan
was to free Sarabjit Singh, but later Islamabad clarified that it was another
Indian prisoner named Surjeet Singh.
"Request the awam (people)
of Pakistan, members of the press, Govt of Pakistan, President (Asif Ali
Zardari) Zardari, a humble request. It would be the most amazing gesture
to send Sarabjit back to his family after 30 years. Hope you support me
like it's your own cause," tweeted Salman Khan Friday
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Salman tweeted, "Requesting
the people of pakistan to support me to help free surabjeet who has been
in prison since 30 yrs . Please . Allah ka vasta. Request the to the awam
of pakistan, member"s of the press, govt of pakistan, president zardari,
a humble request. It would be the most amazing gesture, to send surabjeet
back to his family after 30 years. Hope u support me like its your own
cause."
Salman also expressed
his sorrow for Sarabjit's family. He tweeted, "B a part of 1 family's happiness.
Wanted to tweet this for the longest time, saw a pic of surabjeets sister,
it Killed me. Felt real sad for her. Help me help her. Its a personal request
to all of u in pakistan to send sarabjeet bak to his family in punjab,
hope u find it in your hearts to help."
There were reports that
Pakistan had freed Sarabjit, but later it was revealed that another Indian
prisoner named Surjeet Singh, who has been in jail for more than 30 years,
would be released. This caused a huge uproar in the Indian media and social
networking sites. |
The daughters and sister
of Sarabjit Singh, who has been in a Pakistan prison since 1990, on Sunday
met Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who has been vehemently seeking Sarabjit's
release.
The 46-year-old actor
has begun online campaign urging people to sign petition to free the falsely
accused Indian.
"Today, Sarabjit's sister
and daughters had come to meet Salman. They had come on the sets of Dabangg
2 at Mehboob Studio," a close associate of Salman told PTI.
Sarabjit's sister Dalbir
Kaur is actively working towards the release of Sarabjit. Sarabjit, who
is married to Sukhpreet Kaur, has two daughters-- Poonam and Swapnadeep.
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