The Lahore High Court, while adjourning the proceedings in a petition filed for Sarjit Singh to March 16 and directed the respondent federal government to submit its reply by next date of hearing positively. The petitioner, a bar member, contended that under the law any foreign national could not be kept in jail after completion of his sentence.
He said that the respondent government is playing delaying tactics for release of Sarjit Singh. The court after taking strict notice of delaying tactics by the government called for report by next date of hearing positively and rose for the day.