On June 26 2012, the President of Pakistan decided to release Sarabjit but a few hours later, amidst condemnation by the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Jamaat-ud-Da'wah clarified that the prisoner to be released was Surjeet Singh and not Sarabjit.
Many efforts were made for his release. In 2009, the British lawyer Jas Uppal started an online campaign “freesarabjitsingh.com” to highlight his case and request human rights group to intervene on his behalf.
