Pakistan releases 68 Indian fishermen, 61 Afghans as ‘goodwill gesture’
Indian fishermen were expelled in a medium rite orderly during Landhi Jail on Sunday. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Pakistani authorities have expelled 68 Indian fishermen and 61 Afghan nationals as a ‘goodwill gesture’ to a dual beside countries.
Speaking to Express News on Sunday, Karachi’s Superintendent District Jail Malir Afaq Sami pronounced a Afghan nationals, detained underneath several charges, were expelled on Saturday and have been taken to Quetta, from where they will leave for Afghanistan by Chaman border.
Meanwhile, 68 Indian fishermen, arrested for violating Pakistan’s territorial waters, were expelled in a medium rite organized during Landhi Jail in Karachi on Sunday. The jail supervisor told a media that a fishermen were also given Ajraks – normal Sindhi shawls – among other gifts on a occasion.
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He pronounced a fishermen have been taken to a Cantonment Railway Station, from where they would board a sight to Lahore and cranky a Wagah limit into India.
Pakistan and India frequently detain fishermen as a nautical limit in Arabian Sea is feeble tangible and many boats miss a record to be wakeful of their precise location.
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Fishermen mostly languish in jails even after portion their term due to strained diplomatic ties between a dual arch-rivals, that make fulfilling of central mandate a ‘time consuming’ task.
However, authorities in a dual countries recover a few of these bad fishermen from time to time as ‘goodwill gesture’.
Article source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1544425/3-pakistan-releases-68-indian-fishermen-61-afghans-goodwill-gesture/