Mfarhanonline:Pakistan to set free 89 Indian prisoners

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Mfarhanonline News ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has announced that it was going to release 89 Indian prisoners including fishermen, as a goodwill gesture aiming at a boost of ties between two neighbouring countries, mfarhanonline News reported.

Meanwhile, the list of to-be-freed prisoners has some those jail inmates on it whom India wanted freed. A number of Indian fishermen imprisoned in Pakistan are also on that list.

In a statement released to media from Foreign Office (FO) today, it is said that the freed Indian prisoners would be handed over to Indian authorities on April 15.

India, during the secretary level talks early this month, provided Pakistan a list of its citizens detained across the border on several charges, FO statement stated further.

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