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70 Indian
prisoners handed over
Bureau Report
LAHORE—Pakistan released 70 Indian prisoners including 50 fishermen from
Kot Lakhpat Jail and handed them over to Indian authorities at Wagha
Border here on Saturday.
The Indian prisoners were arrested by Pakistani authorities for
violating the border. Ansar Burni Trust transported them at Wagha where
they were issued emergency visas by Indian Embassy in Islamabad. Edhi
Foundation served meal to the Indian prisoners at the border.
Meanwhile, Edhi spokesman said that 19 out of the total 54 recently
released Pakistani prisoners were being kept at Edhi Homes here and
provided with medical aid, food and clothes. The foundation would search
out whereabouts of these prisoners, who have lost their memory while in
Indian jails, to hand them over to their relatives, he added. |