Support and Efforts For Release
On 23 August 2005, Sarabjit's case was taken up in both houses of the Indian Parliament, where the government was asked to take action for his release.
In March 2008, Sarabjit's family went to Pakistan when his hanging was to be carried out. They met several prominent Pakistani politicians including the former Prime minister Nawaz Sharif to appeal for his release. Sharif said, "After seeing the plight of the members of Sarabjit's family who have come to Pakistan, any person can feel the pain they are going through." However, Sharif added that he should be released on the condition that India would send him back to Pakistan if further evidence was found against him.
The Indian External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh took up Sarabjit Singh's case with the Pakistan High Commissioner Aziz Ahmed Khan and urged him to convey Delhi's hope that Islamabad would treat the matter as a humanitarian issue.
In June 2012, Bollywood actor Salman Khan came out in favor of the release of Sarabjit. He started an online petition from his NGO Being Human in support of Sarabjit's release.
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