Dr. Chishty issue before court, Pak delegation told

April 08, 2012 05:31 pm | Updated July 31, 2016 06:44 pm IST - New Delhi

A file photo Mohammed Khalil Chishty.

A file photo Mohammed Khalil Chishty.

The issue of ailing Pakistani microbiologist Khaleel Chishty, lodged in Rajasthan jail, figured on Sunday at the luncheon meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who was seated opposite Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram at the lunch table, is understood to have inquired about Dr. Chishty.

Mr. Chidambaram is understood to have said that the Chishty case was before a court which was yet to take a view on the matter.

Dr. Chishty was handed a life term on January 31, 2011 by a trial court for a murder in Ajmer in 1992.

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