Islamabad: Pakistan released 68 Indian fishermen on Sunday as a goodwill gesture, officials said. The Indian fishermen had been arrested for intrusion into Pakistani waters for illegal fishing and were freed from a prison in the Pakistani port city Karachi, Xinhua news agency reported. They will be handed over to Indian[Read More…]
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218 fishermen freed by Pakistan; one dies before release
An Indian fisherman, just before he was to be released along with 218 others on Thursday by Pakistan as a ‘goodwill gesture’, died of heart attack in a Karachi jail, according to Gujarat Fishermen Association. Deceased Jeeva Bhagwan (37) hailed from Khan Village in Una tehsil of Gir Somnath district[Read More…]