Pak expected to free 365 Indian fishermen on Aug 24

August 16, 2013 20:33

The Pakistan government is expected to release 365 Indian fishermen from its custody on August 24, a Gujarat government source said.

"We have received this information from the Union External Affairs Ministry of the government of India and we are waiting for official written communication in this regard," he said.

There are 437 fishermen from various parts of Gujarat, besides union territories of Diu and Daman,who are lodged in different jails located in Karachi and have completed their jail terms.

The Jamnagar native and independent Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani had written to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif last week for the release of all fishermen from jail on humanitarian grounds.

Nathwani had also written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up the issue with his Pakistani counterpart.

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