LAHORE:
Pakistani authorities today handed over 113 Indian fishermen, who spent nine months behind bars, to India’s BSF at the Wagah Border, a day after Pakistan said it would release them in a goodwill gesture.
“After completing the papers verification process, we have handed over 113 Indian prisoners to the BSF,” a Rangers official told reporters at Wagah.
Their release is a “goodwill” gesture from Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after his telephonic conversation with his Indian counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Modi had also shown his intention to release 88 Pakistani fishermen lodged in Indian jails so that they spend the holy month of Ramzan with their families back home.
The Indian fishermen were yesterday released from Milar Jail Sindh district.
They arrived here by a train escorted by the Sindh police this morning and were handed over to the Rangers.
The Indian fishermen said they spent nine months behind bars for having entered Pakistani waters by mistake. (AGENCIES)
Trending Now
E-Paper
Follow our WhatsApp channel