Awais Sheikh
- All
- News
-
Sarabjit Singh's Pakistani lawyer gets asylum in Sweden
Pakistani lawyer Awais Sheikh, who defended Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, have taken asylum in Sweden with his family after receiving threats, his colleagues and friends said.
-
Sarabjit Singh's lawyer says his kidnappers were 'Pashto-speaking'
Awais Sheikh, the Pakistani lawyer of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, has told police that the armed men who abducted him and his son were "Pashto-speaking".
-
Sarabjit Singh's lawyer freed after being abducted in Pakistan
Awais Sheikh, the Pakistani lawyer of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, and his son were abducted and briefly held by unidentified men in an area near the border with India
-
Taliban threatening Sarabjit Singh's lawyer, says Pakistan Human Rights Commission
The Pakistan Human Rights Commission has said that Sarabjit Singh's lawyer, Awais Sheikh, and his family have been receiving threatening letters and calls from the Taliban. The commission has urged chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province to provide security to Mr Sheikh.
-
Sarabjit Singh in 'deep coma'; his daughter alleges authorities were involved in attack
As Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man who is on death row in Pakistan, continues to be in deep coma and on ventilator support at a hospital in Lahore after being brutally attacked by a group of prisoners on Friday, his daughter told NDTV that it was a premeditated attempt to murder her father and that authorities were involved.
-
Indian prisoner to be released from Pakistani jail after 30 years
Surjeet Singh, an Indian national, has been serving a sentence in Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore for over 30 years on charges of spying. However, according to his lawyer, Singh is expected to be freed within three months. The Punjab government yesterday told the Lahore High Court that Surjeet had completed his term and would be released.
-
Sarabjit Singh's Pakistani lawyer gets asylum in Sweden
Pakistani lawyer Awais Sheikh, who defended Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, have taken asylum in Sweden with his family after receiving threats, his colleagues and friends said.
-
Sarabjit Singh's lawyer says his kidnappers were 'Pashto-speaking'
Awais Sheikh, the Pakistani lawyer of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, has told police that the armed men who abducted him and his son were "Pashto-speaking".
-
Sarabjit Singh's lawyer freed after being abducted in Pakistan
Awais Sheikh, the Pakistani lawyer of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, and his son were abducted and briefly held by unidentified men in an area near the border with India
-
Taliban threatening Sarabjit Singh's lawyer, says Pakistan Human Rights Commission
The Pakistan Human Rights Commission has said that Sarabjit Singh's lawyer, Awais Sheikh, and his family have been receiving threatening letters and calls from the Taliban. The commission has urged chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province to provide security to Mr Sheikh.
-
Sarabjit Singh in 'deep coma'; his daughter alleges authorities were involved in attack
As Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man who is on death row in Pakistan, continues to be in deep coma and on ventilator support at a hospital in Lahore after being brutally attacked by a group of prisoners on Friday, his daughter told NDTV that it was a premeditated attempt to murder her father and that authorities were involved.
-
Indian prisoner to be released from Pakistani jail after 30 years
Surjeet Singh, an Indian national, has been serving a sentence in Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore for over 30 years on charges of spying. However, according to his lawyer, Singh is expected to be freed within three months. The Punjab government yesterday told the Lahore High Court that Surjeet had completed his term and would be released.
