Pakistan releases second batch of 100 Indian fishermen
Wagah:Pakistan Rangers handed over a second batch of 100 Indian fishermen to India's Border Security Force (BSF) at the Zero Line on Friday afternoon after a court in Pakistan ordered the release 442 fishermen who had completed their
prison terms. Pakistan had released the first batch of 100 Indian fishermen through
Wagah land route on August 31. According to available information, the third and
forth batch of Indian fishermen would be released next week. Indian and Pakistani
fishermen are often arrested for violating maritime boundaries of each other's
country inadvertently. Unfortunately most of them spend many years in jails of
India and Pakistan even after completing their terms. The released Indian fishermen
urged their government to reciprocate the Pakistan gesture by releasing Pakistani
fishermen who have been in Indian jails and have completed their jail term.
