Pakistan Releases 113 Indian Fishermen on Ramzan

05:38AM Fri 19 Jun, 2015

KARACHI:  Pakistan today released 113 Indian fishermen lodged in a jail here in a goodwill gesture, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif to greet him on the holy month of Ramzan. "We have got orders from Islamabad that the fishermen have been released from Malir jail as a goodwill gesture on the occasion of the holy month of Ramzan starting tomorrow," deputy jail superintendent Muhammad Hussain Sehto told PTI. The 113 Indian fishermen will travel to Lahore by Karakoram Express and will be handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border tomorrow. PTI