<p>Burney said the Indian prisoner named Surjit Singh was arrested in 1971 and his family had been searching for him since then.<br /><br />Singh had completed his jail term in December last year, he said.<br />"Earlier, Surjit Singh was sentenced to death but his sentence was later converted into life imprisonment," said Burney, a former federal minister for human rights.<br /><br />Burney said he had sent petitions to President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to release and repatriate Singh to India on humanitarian grounds.<br />Indian organisations have said that 54 Indian prisoners of war captured during the 1971 conflict are believed to be in Pakistani prisons.<br /><br />Pakistani authorities claim they have been unable to trace any of these prisoners.</p>
<p>Burney said the Indian prisoner named Surjit Singh was arrested in 1971 and his family had been searching for him since then.<br /><br />Singh had completed his jail term in December last year, he said.<br />"Earlier, Surjit Singh was sentenced to death but his sentence was later converted into life imprisonment," said Burney, a former federal minister for human rights.<br /><br />Burney said he had sent petitions to President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to release and repatriate Singh to India on humanitarian grounds.<br />Indian organisations have said that 54 Indian prisoners of war captured during the 1971 conflict are believed to be in Pakistani prisons.<br /><br />Pakistani authorities claim they have been unable to trace any of these prisoners.</p>