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Pak foreign ministry | Pakistan releases 100 Indian fishermen at Wagah on Tuesday

Pakistan's Supreme Court has been told that 454 Indian fishermen have completed their sentences in the country's jails and should be repatriated. The first batch of 442 Indian fishermen to be freed from Pakistani prisons was released from Malir Jail in the southern port city of Karachi today.

Several NGOs are supervising the travel of the fishermen and their handing over to Indian authorities at Wagah. The Prisoners Welfare and Legal Aid Office run by Nasir Aslam Zahid will bear the travel expenses of the fishermen. Pakistani authorities issued orders for the release of the 442 fishermen on August 28 after the NGOs filed the case in the Supreme Court. At the last hearing on August 26, the apex court asked the federal Interior Ministry to explain why 456 Indian fishermen were being held in several jails in Sindh even after they had completed their prison terms.

The foreign ministry recommended to the interior ministry that the repatriation of these fishermen to India be expedited. This comes in the wake of a direction by the Pakistan Supreme Court to the federal government to ascertain the reasons behind keeping the Indian fishermen in jails even after the completion of their sentences.




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