New Delhi,Pakistan Government has decided to release 152 Indian
fishermen on May 26, the day Narendra Modi will take oath as Prime Minister in
presence of Nawaz Sharif and other heads of SAARC countries.
A team from Gujarat has been sent to receive
them on the Wagah border in Punjab, a senior state government official said
today. "We received a communication from the Union Home Ministry that 152
Indian fishermen (most of them from Gujarat) will be released by Pakistan on
May 26.Accordingly, we have sent a team to make all necessary arrangements to
received them," he said.
The fishermen will be brought to Veraval town in Gir
Somnath district from where they will leave for their native places, Darbar
said.According to department officials, the fishermen hail from various parts
of Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and other cities of the
country.They were captured by Pakistani marine authorities for allegedly
entering into their territorial waters.
The head of a Karachi-based NGO, Pakistani Fish Forum,
Mohammed Ali Shah.
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