Pakistan frees 78 Indian fishermen
July 09, 2017
Karachi: Pakistan today released 78 Indian fishermen held for alleged trespassing into its territorial waters, officials said.
“The fishermen were released from Karachi’s Landhi jail,” an official of the provincial home department of Sindh, Naseem Siddiqui told a news agency.
The freed fishermen are expected to cross over into India tomorrow.
Siddiqui said “298 Indian fishermen are still imprisoned and will be released on completion of the verification of their nationalities by India.”
Most of the fishermen released from are from coastal state Gujarat bordering Pakistan.
Released fishermen will return back to Gujarat in day or two.
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