Karachi Jail Prisoners

Seventy-seven Indian fishermen and a person from Bihar, who were imprisoned in a Karachi jail, returned to India after being released by Pakistan.

The imprisoned politician who is almost certain to be the next mayor of Pakistan's largest and richest city of Karachi will run the teeming metropolis via "video link" from his prison cell, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Pakistan will release 86 Indian fishermen jailed in Karachi prison on March 21, a Gujarat government official said today.

Pakistan on Monday expressed hope that India will free Pakistanis from Indian jails after Islamabad sent home Geeta, a young deaf and mute woman who was stranded there for over a decade.

In the backdrop of Pakistan releasing 163 Indian fishermen lodged in a Karachi jail, police in Vadodara today said the fishermen from the neighbouring country jailed in Gujarat's Dwarka prison will be released only after "confirmation" of their nationality by the Centre.

India has asked its mission in Islamabad to find out the details about the death of an Indian fisherman in a Karachi jail.

An Indian prisoner has been found dead in a prison in Karachi. He has been identified as a fisherman named Kishore Bhagwan, according to Pakistani media.

Pakistan today released 337 Indian nationals, most of them fishermen, against the backdrop of tensions between the two countries over firing on the LoC.

A 60-year-old Indian fisherman who had completed his prison term and was awaiting release has died at a local hospital in Pakistan's biggest city.

Pakistan today released 45 Indian fishermen from a Karachi prison as a goodwill gesture, officials said.

Pakistan today freed 48 Indian fishermen from a jail in the southern port city of Karachi as a goodwill gesture and sent them to the Wagah land border crossing to be repatriated to India. The release followed President Asif Ali Zardari's announcement on Saturday that all Indian fishermen in Pakistani jails, including those who are yet to complete ...

Mehboob Elahi was happy that his old prison mate Asif Ali Zardari was coming to India but was crestfallen that he would not get to meet the Pakistani president during his short visit on Sunday. Elahi, a former Indian spy, was Zardari's jail mate at the Karachi Central Jail for a few months between 1986-87.

The family of ailing Pakistani prisoner Dr Khalil Chishty has come to India all the way from Karachi to plead for his release. The 78-year old virologist, who is critically ill, is serving life sentence in the Ajmer Central Jail. His mercy plea has been given clearance by the Rajasthan Chief Minister, but he has still not been released.

Seventy-seven Indian fishermen and a person from Bihar, who were imprisoned in a Karachi jail, returned to India after being released by Pakistan.

The imprisoned politician who is almost certain to be the next mayor of Pakistan's largest and richest city of Karachi will run the teeming metropolis via "video link" from his prison cell, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Pakistan will release 86 Indian fishermen jailed in Karachi prison on March 21, a Gujarat government official said today.

Pakistan on Monday expressed hope that India will free Pakistanis from Indian jails after Islamabad sent home Geeta, a young deaf and mute woman who was stranded there for over a decade.

In the backdrop of Pakistan releasing 163 Indian fishermen lodged in a Karachi jail, police in Vadodara today said the fishermen from the neighbouring country jailed in Gujarat's Dwarka prison will be released only after "confirmation" of their nationality by the Centre.

India has asked its mission in Islamabad to find out the details about the death of an Indian fisherman in a Karachi jail.

An Indian prisoner has been found dead in a prison in Karachi. He has been identified as a fisherman named Kishore Bhagwan, according to Pakistani media.

Pakistan today released 337 Indian nationals, most of them fishermen, against the backdrop of tensions between the two countries over firing on the LoC.

A 60-year-old Indian fisherman who had completed his prison term and was awaiting release has died at a local hospital in Pakistan's biggest city.

Pakistan today released 45 Indian fishermen from a Karachi prison as a goodwill gesture, officials said.

Pakistan today freed 48 Indian fishermen from a jail in the southern port city of Karachi as a goodwill gesture and sent them to the Wagah land border crossing to be repatriated to India. The release followed President Asif Ali Zardari's announcement on Saturday that all Indian fishermen in Pakistani jails, including those who are yet to complete ...

Mehboob Elahi was happy that his old prison mate Asif Ali Zardari was coming to India but was crestfallen that he would not get to meet the Pakistani president during his short visit on Sunday. Elahi, a former Indian spy, was Zardari's jail mate at the Karachi Central Jail for a few months between 1986-87.

The family of ailing Pakistani prisoner Dr Khalil Chishty has come to India all the way from Karachi to plead for his release. The 78-year old virologist, who is critically ill, is serving life sentence in the Ajmer Central Jail. His mercy plea has been given clearance by the Rajasthan Chief Minister, but he has still not been released.