Amir Sarfraz Tamba, who was accused of killing convicted Indian spy Sarabjit Singh in Kot Lakhpat prison, Lahore, in 2013, was critically wounded in an attack at his residence in Lahore’s Islampura area on April 14. Two armed assailants entered his home and shot him.
Initial media reports suggested that Amir had succumbed to his injuries, but Dawn confirmed that while he was critically injured, he remained alive.
The incident has raised significant concerns among authorities regarding possible foreign involvement.
Interestingly, just days before the attack, The Guardian reported that the Indian government carried out assassinations in Pakistan as part of a broader strategy to eliminate “terrorists” residing on foreign soil.
A high-profile investigation has been initiated to determine the motive behind the attack, including investigating the possibility of Indian involvement.
Amir Tamba and his accomplice were acquitted in 2018 after all witnesses withdrew their statements. Sarabjit Singh was killed a few months after Kashmiri freedom fighter Afzal Guru was executed in Tihar Jail, Mumbai, in 2013 for his role in the 2001 Indian parliament attack.
Sarabjit Singh had been sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Pakistan for his involvement in a series of bomb attacks in Lahore and Faisalabad in 1990.
