India And Pakistan Agree To Release Fishermenff
5 July 2007
India
India and Pakistan on Wednesday agreed to free all fishermen, as also prisoners in each other’s custody, who have completed their sentences by August 14-15 when the two neighbors observe their Independence Days.
At the end of Home Secretary level talks during which India raised its concerns on terrorism and fugitives, it was agreed that “effective and sustained†measures would be taken to combat the menace.
“It was agreed that terrorists and criminals in either countries would be effectively dealt with,†a statement issued after talks between Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta with his Pakistan counterpart Syed Kamal Shah, here said.
The two sides decided to free fishermen in each other’s custody “on completion of due process†and initiate immediate steps to release fishing boats, excluding trawlers, which had strayed into their territorial waters.
The two sides decided to free fishermen in each other’s custody “on completion of due process†and initiate immediate steps to release fishing boats, excluding trawlers, which had strayed into their territorial waters.
Shah cut short his visit and left for Islamabad early this morning in the wake of bloody clashes between militant students and security forces at Lal Masjid in Pakistan’s capital.
