Zardari seeks Manmohanalt39s help for Chishti repatriation

Islamabad President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to allow the release and repatriation on humanitarian grounds of Khalil Chishti, an 80- year- old Pakistani given a life sentence in India after being convic

ted for murder, PTI reports. Zardari made the appeal in a personal letter addressed to the Indian Prime Minister, presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said. The letter was sent to Pakistans High Commissioner in India today for delivery to the Indian premier. The President had taken up the issue of Chishti with Prime Minister Singh during a meeting in New Delhi last Sunday, Babar said.