Pakistani authorities on Sunday freed 50 Indian prisoners from a
jail in the port city of Karachi, who will be handed over to Indian
authorities at Wahgah border on Monday, an aid group said.
The freed prisoners boarded vehicles for Lahore, the capital of
eastern Pakistani province Punjab, from where they will proceed to
the border for their handover, the Ansar Burney International Trust
said.
The aid group said in a statement that it will pay all the
expenses to send them to India.
India freed 43 Pakistani civilian prisoners and fishermen on
Saturday.
Pakistan and India free each other's fishermen and those
civilian prisoners, who complete jail terms, under an understanding
reached in 2006.
The fishermen are caught when they cross into other's water
boundaries as there are no maritime boundaries between the two
countries.
Pakistani and Indian officials are involved in talks to
determine the maritime boundaries and a joint survey has already
been conducted for this purpose.
The two countries have also agreed to immediately release those
people who mistakenly cross border.
(Xinhua News Agency July 2, 2007)
