The authorities have freed 20 Indian fishermen who spent four years in prison in Karachi for violating Pakistan’s territorial waters, an official said. Arshad Shah, a prison official, said late Sunday the group left the Karachi central prison and boarded a bus for Lahore. Shah said they would be handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border crossing. Shah said 588 more inmates were in the prison awaiting completion of legal formalities. But both sides every year release some inmates after authorities negotiate and fulfil legal formalities.

Source: Pakistan Today November 15, 2021 17:42 UTC