The chief of the medical squad of the hospital said Sarabjit surrendered to injuries at 12.45 a.m. (Pakistan time) or (1.15 a.m. IST).
Later, Awais Shiekh, Sarabjit's lawyer told an Indian news channel that death of Sarabjit was confirmed by the authorities of the hospital.
Sarabjit, who suffered serious injuries in his head after being attacked by his fellow prisoners at Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail on April 26, was kept in ventilator since then.
"It is very sad. We are sorry that we could not save him. I had tried to stop his family from going back to India (Wednesday) since his condition was very bad but they went bac"," Shiekh told the channel.
The post-mortem of the body will be conducted Thursday morning, he said.
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Thursday condoled the family of Sarabjit Singh on his death and said his body would be flown back to India in a special aircraft.
"The home minister assured the family that a special aircraft would be arranged to bring the body from Pakistan," said Raj Kumar Verka, vice chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, who was present when Shinde met Sarabjit's family here.
Earlier, Sarabj't's family, including sister Dalbir Kaur, wife Sukhpreet and daughters Swapandeep and Poonam, had gone to Lahore Sunday to visit Sabarjit and returned back to India after he was declared 'Clinically dead' by the doctors. Dalbir said they were not given proper information about Sarabjit's medical status.
"We are shattered. He has been sacrificed," his family said.
"We" have heard this sad news. We tried our best to save him," "Raj Kumar Verka, vice chairman of the National Commission of Scheduled Castes, who was helping the family, said in New Delhi.
On Wednesday night, the Indian external affairs ministry said that his condition was "serious and critical".
Indian external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said in a late night tweet: "Sarabjit Singh's medical situation remains 'serious and critical' as per update provided to Indian officials in Lahore at 10 pm local time."
Earlier, Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal had met Pakistan Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani as India Wednesday asked Pakistan to release him on "humanitarian and sympathetic grounds" or to send him to a third country for "proper treatment".
-With inputs from IANS
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