The man known to the Pakistani authorities as Manjit Singh, but whose family claims is Sarabjit Singh and the victim of mistaken identity, has had his execution stayed indefinitely. The announcement was made on 2 May by the superintendent of Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail, Malik Mubashir Ahmad Khan, after he received an order from the Interior Ministry.

Public pressure resulted in two postponements of his execution, which was originally scheduled for 1 April.

The man was arrested as Manjit Singh in 1990 on charges of having worked for Indian intelligence, but was convicted and sentenced in 1991 for alleged involvement with four bomb attacks in Lahore and Faisalabad that killed 14 people in 1990. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Pakistan to have his sentence overturned failed in 2006.

His family have claimed since his arrest that that he is not Manjit Singh, but Sarabjit Singh, an Indian farmer who accidentally strayed into Pakistani territory while working. He is held at Kot Lakhpat Prison in Lahore.

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