India releases 25 prisoners of Pakistan
PakistanTimes.net Staff Report

LAHORE: India has released 25 Pakistani civilian prisoners and handed them over to Pakistani officials at Joint Check Post Wahga here on Friday.

These prisoners were lodged in the jails of Rajasthan, Gujrat, occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Mahrashtra and Nagaland for the last several years.

The Indian government earlier decided to release 26 prisoners, however set free 25 inmates who crossed over to Pakistan through Wagah-Attari check post after completing immigration and customs formalities, sources at Pakistan High Commission said on Friday.

Status of Prisoners

National status of the prisoners, released yesterday was confirmed earlier by Pakistan High Commission through consular access allowed by the Indian government, the sources said.

Pakistan has handed over 988 Indian civilian prisoners, that is three times more than the 356 Pakistani prisoners, released by New Delhi during year 2005, added the sources.●