<p><br />A Pakistani woman has appealed to President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to help her secure the release of her son who has been languishing in a jail in India since 1996.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Amjad Ali Mughal went to New Delhi to sell steel items in 1993 with a valid Pakistani passport and Indian visa, but the Indian authorities arrested and later convicted him on terror charges, the News International reported.<br /><br />Mughal's mother Hameeda Begum and brother Nadeem, residents of Lahore, said Mughal was convicted in September 1996 and sentenced to life in prison -- up to 14 years in jail according to Indian law.<br /><br />She said her son completed his life term around four years ago, as the Indian authorities granted him three years' remission in imprisonment because of his good behaviour.<br /><br />But Mughal has not been released and is yet to return to his country, Hameeda said.<br />The family has urged the interior ministry to take up the case with the Indian authorities at some appropriate level to ensure his early release.<br /><br />The report, however, did not mention where the man was arrested and in which jail he is currently lodged.<br /></p>
<p><br />A Pakistani woman has appealed to President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to help her secure the release of her son who has been languishing in a jail in India since 1996.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Amjad Ali Mughal went to New Delhi to sell steel items in 1993 with a valid Pakistani passport and Indian visa, but the Indian authorities arrested and later convicted him on terror charges, the News International reported.<br /><br />Mughal's mother Hameeda Begum and brother Nadeem, residents of Lahore, said Mughal was convicted in September 1996 and sentenced to life in prison -- up to 14 years in jail according to Indian law.<br /><br />She said her son completed his life term around four years ago, as the Indian authorities granted him three years' remission in imprisonment because of his good behaviour.<br /><br />But Mughal has not been released and is yet to return to his country, Hameeda said.<br />The family has urged the interior ministry to take up the case with the Indian authorities at some appropriate level to ensure his early release.<br /><br />The report, however, did not mention where the man was arrested and in which jail he is currently lodged.<br /></p>