KARACHI: Pakistan
shows a goodwill gesture and freed 86 Indian fishermen arrested for encroaching
into its territorial waters on Sunday, representatives said, the second group
freed this month.
“We
freed 86 more Indian fishermen today,” Raja Mumtaz, the superintendent of
Karachi’s Malir jail, told reporters. “On March 6, we had released 86 fishermen
and one citizen of India as a goodwill gesture,” he added.
Another
397 Indian fishermen remain in charge, he said. The freed fishermen travelled
by train to Lahore where they would be handed over to Indian establishments at
the Wagah border crossing.
The
Edhi Foundation, which arranged for their journey to Lahore, presented them departure
with gifts and cash, Mumtaz added.
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