Wednesday, 20 July 2011
DUBAI: It is with the greatest sense of pride and hard earned accomplishment that we are today able to communicate everyone back home in Punjab and India all 17 of our compatriots who were condemned to the gallows in Sharjah will now finally be freed and return to their loved ones back home.
Through the tireless efforts of Capt. Amarinder Singh and many deeply concerned friends here in Dubai, we have been able to prevail on the victim, Mishri Nazir Khan’s family (in Pakistan) to formally ‘pardon’ all the accused persons.
Mishri Khan’s father, his mother, widow, daughter and all four brothers, on Tuesday (19 July) agreed to a monetary compensation of Eight Crore Pakistani Rupees (equivalent to Dhs. 3.4 Million). This amount includes Dhs. 442,000 as ‘Blood Money’ and the balance as ‘Compensation’ for the family.
The late Mishri Khan’s brother, Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan accepted the ‘token’ amount of One Million Pakistani Rupees and given a written legal undertaking (attached for your reference) that he and his family will submit an ‘official letter legally pardoning the accused on receipt of the full monetary compensation.
The ‘undertaking’ was submitted during today’s Court hearing at Sharjah, duly acknowledged by Mr. Mohammad Ramzan, the official ‘negotiator’ for Mishri Khan’s family. Accepting the arrangement, the Court has granted us a week to finalise all paperwork and deposit the balance Blood Money and Compensation on Wednesday, July 27. Following that, the Honorable Judges are expected to announce an early Judgment Date to ‘pardon’ all the 17 accused men.
But all this has largely been possible because of Capt. Amarinder Singh’s inspirational efforts. After personally meeting the accused young men inside Sharjah Jail last year, he promised to “bring them back to their families in Punjab.” Captain Sahib met the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi and the chief of police at Sharjah.
Not only did Capt. Singh keep his word to our boys, but he also inspired me personally and friends like Sukhwinder Singh Cheena and Gursharan Singh who were most generous in contributing to save the precious lives of 17 Indians.
Negotiations with Mishri Nazir Khan’s family members in Pakistan were accomplished with generous cooperation from Khalid Mehmood Khan, President Electronic Media of Pakistan and representative for Sahara TV.
This information is provided by S P Singh Oberoi founder member of the Indian Punjbi Society and President of Sarbat Da Bhala group.
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