Prisoners’ Trade: India to release 40 Pak prisoners; Pak to free 50 Indians
Initiated in 2004, the peace process between India and Pakistan continues with the release and exchange of hundreds of prisoners.
At the forefront of the Indo-Pak Home Secretary-level talks scheduled for next week, India would be releasing 40 Pakistani prisoners (including 10 fishermen) today in exchange of 50 Indian prisoners freed by Pakistan on 1 June. This trade of prisoners will happen at the Attari-Wagah border.
India is firm for early liberation of all those Pakistani nationals who have completed their prison term. “This has been made possible due to the cooperation of the foreign and interior ministries,” said Burney, whose welfare trust, the Ansar Burney trust works for the release of poor foreign and local prisoners.