The Indian prisoners have been released from Malir District Jail in Karachi.

New Delhi (Dunya News) – As a goodwill gesture, Pakistani authorities released 220 Indian fishermen in the first batch today (Sunday). The second batch of 219 fishermen will be released on January 5, 2017.

The freed Indian fishermen were sent to Karachi’s Cantt Railway Station from Malir District Jail. They will be handed over to the Indian authorities at Wagah Border in Lahore.

A spokesperson of the Pakistan-India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), an NGO striving for the Indo-Pak amity, had earlier stated that after this goodwill gesture from the Pakistani side, India should also reciprocate the gesture by releasing Pakistani fishermen lodged in Indian prisons.

Both countries frequently arrest fishermen from the other country for the alleged violation of territorial waters in the Arabian Sea.