India to free 60 Pakistanis

NEW DELHI—India would be releasing 60 Pakistani prisoners on December 22, while 412 Indian prisoners from Pakistan side were likely to be freed by December 25.
This decision to swap prisoners was taken in the meeting of the foreign secretaries of both the countries held here last month, which also had specifically mentioned the deadline by December 25.
PTI said that at least 483 Pakistani prisoners, including 40 fishermen, were behind the bar in the Indian jails, while Pakistani officials were provided access to 253 prisoners and, from among them, 75 were confirmed as Pakistanis, out of which, 60 prisoners would be freed on December 22, while the remaining would soon be released on completion of the necessary formalities.
Indian officials told that nearly 700 Indian citizens were captives in the Pakistani prisons, which included 532 fishermen, of whom, 412 have been confirmed as Indian citizens and they were expected to be freed by December 25.—Agencies