Another Pakistani inmate dies in Indian prison
- By Asim Ali Rana -
- Mar 07, 2019
ISLAMABAD: Despite completing his jail term three years ago, another Pakistani inmate on Thursday passed away in an Indian hospital, ARY News reported.
According to diplomatic sources, a Pakistani prisoner Muhammad Azam, 62, died in Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in Amritsar. The Pakistani inmate was shifted from Amritsar jail to the hospital on February 25 but he could not survive and breathed his last on Thursday.
Reasons behind his death are not known yet.
It is pertinent to mention here that Muhammad Azam was arrested on the charges of crossing the Pak-India border illegally. His jail term had been completed in 2016 but the Indian authorities did not release the Pakistani national.
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