Watch: 22 Indian fishermen return to India from Pakistan by way of Attari-Wagah border

Indian fishermen return from Pakistan: A complete of twenty-two Indian fishermen, who had been languishing in Pakistan’s Karachi jail, returned to India on Saturday. The fishermen had been earlier introduced from Karachi to Lahore in a bus, and so they had been subsequently handed over to the Indian authorities on the Wagah Border. The fishermen had been launched after they accomplished their sentences, Karachi Jail Superintendent Arshad Shah advised the media. 

The freed people embody Bhupat, Mala, Krishan, Khalaf, Mohan, Asif, Ashok, Akbar, Lakhman, Moji, Deepak, Ram, Hari, Tapu, Suresh, Vijay, Manoj Kumar, Vinu, Mahesh, Subhash, Sanjay, and Selendhar, information company PTI studies. Notably, all of them had been arrested for unintentionally crossing into Pakistan’s territorial waters. Fishermen from each nations are incessantly arrested as a consequence of poorly demarcated sea frontiers.

What do the most recent prisoner lists recommend? 

India and Pakistan shared the most recent prisoner change lists on January 1, 2025, which state that Pakistan held 266 Indian prisoners, together with 49 civilian prisoners and 217 fishermen, whereas India held 462 Pakistani prisoners, together with 381 civilian prisoners and 81 fishermen.

The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA), in its reply in Lok Sabha on December 12, 2024, mentioned {that a} complete of 2639 Indian fishermen have been repatriated from Pakistan since 2014.

Out of the 209 fishermen, as of July 1, 2024, underneath Pakistan’s custody, 51 fishermen have been in Pakistani jails since 2021; 130 fishermen since 2022; 9 fishermen since 2023; and 19 fishermen since 2024, the MEA mentioned.

Here is how the repatriation is undertaken

Pakistani authorities repatriate Indian fishermen by the Wagah border, and their onwards journey house within the coastal areas is facilitated by the Indian authorities after finishing official formalities.

Equally, Indian authorities launch Pakistani fishermen on the Wagah border, and their homeward journey to the coastal space is facilitated by the Pakistani authorities.

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