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India
releases Pak prisoner
Bureau
Report
LAHORE—The 29-year old Pakistani, Jamal Qureshi, stepped on motherland
through Wagha Border at 6:05pm on Wednesday after his release from Shah
Jahanpur Jail, India. Ansar Burni Welfare Trust’s Acting Chairman Fahd
Burni received Qureshi from Indian authorities, while Federal Human
Rights Minister Ansar Burni and other officials were also present.
Jamal Qureshi son of Nabi Allah of Rohri, Sukkar, had gone to meet his
relatives at Shah Jahanpur India on October 25, 2007 but was arrested
there on the charges of keeping fake currency. On the appeal of
Qureshi’s relatives, Ansar Burni help released the Pakistani citizen
from Indian jail. At the border, Qureshi’s relatives told journalists
that his (Jamal Qureshi) mother had died after suffering shock over her
son’s imprisonment three months ago, while his father was suffering from
serious illness. |