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Pakistan frees 55 Indian fishermen on India's Independence Day |
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15/08/12 Pakistan has freed 55 Indian prisoners from Malir district jail in Karachi.
Pakistan on Wednesday released 55 Indian fishermen, 15 of them teenagers, as a "goodwill gesture" to mark Independence Day in India.
The release is part of an understanding between the nuclear-armed rivals to free citizens who mistakenly stray into each other s waters.
"Some 55 Indian fishermen have been released from our jail on the instructions of the government," said Nazeer Husain Shah, superintendent of Malir district prison in Karachi.
"Those released include 15 teenage boys," he told AFP.
The Indians were presented with flowers and gifts, then bused to the eastern city of Lahore, from where they would cross the Wagah border.
Officials say 80 Indian fishermen are still in Pakistani jails and 250 Pakistanis in Indian prisons.
Ayaz Soomro, law minister for the southern province of Sindh on the Arabian Sea, said the releases were "a goodwill gesture".
"We hope our neighbours reciprocate in the same spirit and release Pakistani prisoners from their jails," he said. |
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