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Pakistan seeks response on prisoner killed in Indian jail

Pakistan called upon the Indian Government to fulfill its obligations and ensure provision of foolproof security to all Pakistani inmates/prisoners in Indian Jails and Pakistani visitors to India.

By APP
February 20, 2019

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday expressed its grave concern at media reports regarding the brutal killing of a Pakistani prisoner Shakir Ullah, imprisoned in Jaipur Central Jail, and beaten to death by a group of Indian inmates in retaliation of the Pulwama incident.

‘We call upon the Indian Government to fulfill its obligations and ensure provision of foolproof security to all Pakistani inmates/prisoners in Indian Jails and Pakistani visitors to India,” a Foreign Office statement issued here said.

“Our High Commission in New Delhi has officially raised the issue with the Indian authorities requesting them to urgently authenticate the report and awaits a response,” it added.