Indians Released From Pak Jail

Eighty fishermen released from a jail in Karachi reached Vadodara in Gujarat by train on Sunday, from where they were taken to Veraval in the state's Gir Somnath district by bus to be reunited with their families for Diwali, an official said.

The Centre has told Supreme Court that there are 83 missing defence personnel including 62 Prisoners of the War of 1965 and 1971 for whom India is seeking their release and repatriation from Pakistan through diplomatic and other available channels.

Twenty Indian fishermen, who were released recently from Pakistan's Landhi jail, will be transported to the Wagah border on Sunday to be handed over to the Indian authorities so that they can return home, a senior official said on Saturday.

A total of 100 fishermen crossed over to India through the Attari-Wagah border on Monday after the Pakistan government released them from jail as a goodwill gesture.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tell the nation that it was the BJP government which released terror outfit JeM chief Masood Azhar from an Indian jail.

Two fishermen from Gujarat, who were in a Pakistan jail, have been released and are on their way home, a state government official said today.

Pakistan government today repatriated 218 Indian fishermen through the border in Punjab two days after their release from jails as a goodwill gesture.

The officials of the fisheries department of Gujarat Government took custody of 220 fishermen who were handed over by Pakistan to Indian agency, late last night, a senior official said.

First, much joy. Eight hours later, much dismay as Pakistan corrected reports that Indian prisoner, Sarabjit Singh, who has spent 22 years on death row, was not being released or sent home from a jail in Lahore.

Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner who has been in Pakistani jail for the last 20 years, is likely to be released soon. According to Pak television reports, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has converted Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's death sentence to life imprisonment.

Just hours after Pakistani scientist Dr Khalil Chishty walked out of the Ajmer Jail after being granted bail by the Supreme Court, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered the immediate release of an Indian fisherman.

Indian sailors of MV Suez, released with Pakistani help, were sent home within hours of their arrival in Karachi. But five Pakistani sailors, rescued by Indian Navy, have waited three long months to be able to finally go back home."I want to go home, meet my parents," said Aurangzeb Balloch, one of the Pakistani sailors rescued by Indian Navy....

Eighty fishermen released from a jail in Karachi reached Vadodara in Gujarat by train on Sunday, from where they were taken to Veraval in the state's Gir Somnath district by bus to be reunited with their families for Diwali, an official said.

The Centre has told Supreme Court that there are 83 missing defence personnel including 62 Prisoners of the War of 1965 and 1971 for whom India is seeking their release and repatriation from Pakistan through diplomatic and other available channels.

Twenty Indian fishermen, who were released recently from Pakistan's Landhi jail, will be transported to the Wagah border on Sunday to be handed over to the Indian authorities so that they can return home, a senior official said on Saturday.

A total of 100 fishermen crossed over to India through the Attari-Wagah border on Monday after the Pakistan government released them from jail as a goodwill gesture.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tell the nation that it was the BJP government which released terror outfit JeM chief Masood Azhar from an Indian jail.

Two fishermen from Gujarat, who were in a Pakistan jail, have been released and are on their way home, a state government official said today.

Pakistan government today repatriated 218 Indian fishermen through the border in Punjab two days after their release from jails as a goodwill gesture.

The officials of the fisheries department of Gujarat Government took custody of 220 fishermen who were handed over by Pakistan to Indian agency, late last night, a senior official said.

First, much joy. Eight hours later, much dismay as Pakistan corrected reports that Indian prisoner, Sarabjit Singh, who has spent 22 years on death row, was not being released or sent home from a jail in Lahore.

Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner who has been in Pakistani jail for the last 20 years, is likely to be released soon. According to Pak television reports, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has converted Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's death sentence to life imprisonment.

Just hours after Pakistani scientist Dr Khalil Chishty walked out of the Ajmer Jail after being granted bail by the Supreme Court, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered the immediate release of an Indian fisherman.

Indian sailors of MV Suez, released with Pakistani help, were sent home within hours of their arrival in Karachi. But five Pakistani sailors, rescued by Indian Navy, have waited three long months to be able to finally go back home."I want to go home, meet my parents," said Aurangzeb Balloch, one of the Pakistani sailors rescued by Indian Navy....