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<b>Release Arif, we’ll pardon Sabarjit: Pak </b>
Publication: The Pioneer, Date: June 30, 2006

New Delhi, June 30: In an astounding development, Pakistani authorities have demanded the release of Asfaq alias Mohammed Arif, who is allegedly involved in the December 2000 Red Fort attack. Claiming Md Arif’s innocence, the authorities said that he should be released and “in return we will pardon Sarabjit Singh.”

Singh, an Indian national, was arrested by Pakistan and sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in the 1990 Lahore blast.

Asfaq alias Md Arif was found guilty by an under Sections 121 (waging or attempting to wage war or abetting the waging of war against the Government of India), 120-B of IPC (criminal conspiracy) and also under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC.

Arif, currently lodged in Tihar Jail, his Indian-origin wife Rehmana Yusuf Farooqui and five others were declared guilty in the Red Fort attack case in which three Army personnel were killed. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This is called daylight blackmailing or State terrorism by Islamic state of Pakistan