Karachi: Pakistan on Wednesday released 311 Indian fishermen from Karachi’s Malir District Jail who would be handed over to the neighbouring country at the Wagah land border crossing on Thursday.
“Pakistan has released 311 fishermen, including 290 elders and 21 children, out of 315 and held the three others till completion of jail term,” source told The News Tribe correspondent in Karachi.
Pakistan and India arrest scores of fishermen every year on charges of violating territorial waters.
Pakistani officials say over 150 Pakistani fishermen are currently in Indian jails.
Since India and Pakistan resumed their peace process last year after a gap of over two years after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the two sides have taken several steps to speed up the release of prisoners held in each other’s prisons.
The two sides are working on an arrangement for the speedy repatriation of fishermen detained for inadvertently crossing the maritime boundary.
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