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India releases 9 Pakistani prisoners
ISLAMABAD: India on Friday released 9 Pakistani prisoners, 4 civil prisoners and 05 fishermen.
Earlier, India released 37 Pakistani prisoners -- 5 civil, 32 fishermen -- on May 30.
Currently 477 Pakistani prisoners -- 346 civil and 131 fishermen -- still remain lodged in Indian jails. Out of these 22 civil prisoners have completed sentence and await repatriation.
On May 26, as a goodwill gesture, Pakistani Prime Minister had directed that 151 Indian Prisoners -- 01 civil and 150 fishermen -- be released.
Presently 296 Indian nationals are detained in Pakistan which include 47 civil and 249 fishermen.
Pakistan has always held that the issue of prisoners in our respective countries is a humanitarian one and should be taken in that spirit, said a statement of the Foreign Office. (PPI)Courtesy www.thenews.com.pk