Pakistan to release 151 Indian fishermen belonging to 4 Indian states, 2 UT
May 24, 2014
Ahmedabad, 24 May, 2014
As we published yesterday, Pakistan will release 151 Indian fishermen from various prisons in Pakistan as a goodwill step on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with other SAARC country heads are invited to oath-taking ceremony. Sharif has honored the invitation, and he is going to arrive on Monday.
Fishermen released from Pakistan prisons will be sent back to India. Gujarat’s fisheries department will move released fishermen from Punjab border to their natives in coastal Gujarat.
Out of 151 fishermen who were held for alleged violation of international maritime boundary, 25 are from Diu, 10 are from Maharashtra, 1 from West Bengal, 5 are from Uttar Pradesh and 2 are from Dadra Nagar Haveli, rest of them are from Gujarat. Among them highest 58 are from Una in Junagadh district.
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