Goodwill gesture: India frees 87 Pakistani fishermen

[EjazR]

Goodwill gesture: India frees 87 Pakistani fishermen – The Express Tribune

VADODARA:

Eighty-seven Pakistani fishermen released from a jail in Indian Gujarat will arrive at the Wagah border today (Monday), officials said.

Indian news agency Press Trust of India, however, quoted an official of Gujarat Fishermen Association (GFA) as saying that 89 prisoners were released by Indian authorities.

The fishermen were captured between November 2010 and January 2011 for illegally entering Indian waters in the Arabian Sea.

Fishermen from India and Pakistan often end up in prisons across the border when they cross international maritime boundaries. “This happens because it is not possible to draw boundaries in the sea,” said GFA Vice President Veljibhai Masani.

He added that Pakistan must reciprocate the Indian gesture and release fishermen lodged in its jails. India released 11 Pakistani children, including 10 fishermen, on June 30. The children had been in custody for periods ranging from four months to two years. On April 14, Pakistan released 89 Indian fishermen as a good-will gesture; just days after India freed 39 Pakistanis.

 

[madooxno9]

goo to see ... such gestures from both sides.

 

[PlanetWarrior]

I guess that they must be yearning to get home and be served with a good helping of steak and salads

 

[Malik Usman]

Good Gesture............but Pakistan always released more peoples than India.

 

[IceCold]

I guess that they must be yearning to get home and be served with a good helping of steak and salads

That depends upon their mental condition. Usually people who return from India are subjected to so much torture that most of them become mentally unstable. Dont know in what kind of mental health are these people, lets just hope they are ok.

 

[darkinsky]

and how many dead bodies stayed behind, or bodies were handed over??

 

[Dalai Lama]

and how many dead bodies stayed behind, or bodies were handed over??

7


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[harshad]

Good Gesture............but Pakistan always released more peoples than India.

thats because 99.9% of indian fisherman are fisherman,same cannot be said about pakistani fisherman

if that was not the case than india also would have freed the fisherman quicky

 

[PoKeMon]

Is that so difficult to be nice people??

 

[darkinsky]

thats because 99.9% of indian fisherman are fisherman,same cannot be said about pakistani fisherman

if that was not the case than india also would have freed the fisherman quicky

OK, so i read some where our fishermen watched india pakistan semi final in some indian jail as a good will hospitality gesture

 

[PoKeMon]

OK, so i read some where our fishermen watched india pakistan semi final in some indian jail as a good will hospitality gesture

Never check those sources again. Raise your standard.

 

[harshad]

OK, so i read some where our fishermen watched india pakistan semi final in some indian jail as a good will hospitality gesture

lol this is childish

 

[PlanetWarrior]

That depends upon their mental condition. Usually people who return from India are subjected to so much torture that most of them become mentally unstable. Dont know in what kind of mental health are these people, lets just hope they are ok.

Perhaps you are correct. I heard that these fishermen were tortured by being made to watch the Pakistan - India cricket match. You know, the one where Pakistan LOST

 

[drunken-monke]

its not 87, but 91 prisoners.. I have read it in TOI