PAKISTAN. INDIA GRANTED CONSULAR ACCESS TO "SPY" ON DEATH ROW

Islamabad agreed to allow Indian diplomats to visit Sarabjit Singh, one of their nationals on death row on charges of being a spy, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said. Pakistan had Singh of being an Indian spy who carried out four bomb attacks, but his family says he is a farmer who crossed the border 15 years ago while he was drunk.
"We have come to know that they (Pakistan) have granted consular access to Sarabjit Singh," Saran said about the prisoner who was handed the death sentence by Pakistan's Supreme Court on August 18. India earlier in the week sought consular access to Singh after his family threatened to commit mass suicide if Pakistan executed him.
Saran said the question of prisoners held in both countries' jails would be discussed when he visited Pakistan the following week.