Sarabjit Singh and Sanaullah Ranjay's death: What the Pakistan media said

The death of Sanaullah Ranjay, the 52 year-old Pakistani prisoner, on Thursday morning resulted in increased tension between India and Pakistan.

A day after Sarabjit Singh's demise, Sanaullah was badly beaten in Kashmir’s Bhalwal jail in an attack that was seen as a retaliatory response to Singh's death.

Here's what the media on the other side of the border had to say about both prisoners' attacks and death.

Beena Sarwar, a Pakistani journalist and filmmaker, tweeted:

Sad to hear about the death of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah, beaten in Jammu jail, sent into coma like Sarabjit. Two wrongs don't make right

— beena sarwar (@beenasarwar) May 9,2013

Since the death of Sarabjit Singh and the following attack on Sanaullah, a lot has been said about their involvement in espionage.

The media in Pakistan too has held its stance. Hamid Mir, a journalist with GEO TV Pakistan tweeted:

@doctor_musa Innocent Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah died in India he never killed anyone but he was killed brutally in biggest democracy, sad

— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirGEO) May 9, 2013

@aamirgujjarpti Sana Ulluah is in critical situation he was not a spy like Sarabjeet

— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirGEO) May 6, 2013

Some media persons from India and Pakistan also chose not to express an opinion but sympathised with the dead persons.

#Sanaullah! May ur death highlights d plight of IndoPak prisoners n stir r govts conscience, sumthing u cudnt achieve wid decades in prison

— Nida F (@nidaFsameer) May 9, 2013

The death of Sanaullah is tragic, poignant like Sarabjit Singh's. 2 men whose destinies were tied to a historical hostility between nations

— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) May 9, 2013

The politics of hate, revenge, of ordinary people being turned into pawns. Use people and then dump them to rot, or be killed. #Sanaullah

— Mehr Tarar (@MehrTarar) May 9, 2013

The elections in Pakistan may be a reason why the death of Sanaullah did not get the coverage that it would have received otherwise.

The Imran Khan injury and Gilani's son's abduction were poll related incidents that grabbed the lion share of the media coverage in the last few days.