India repatriates 67 Pakistani prisoners

India repatriated 67 Pakistani prisoners to Pakistan from the Attari-Wagah joint check-post on Tuesday.

Lodged in different jails of India, these prisoners — 53 fishermen and 14 civilians — were repatriated after they finished their sentences.

New Delhi also urged Pakistan to expedite the release and repatriation of all Indian prisoners.

“Forty-eight Pakistani fishermen and 19 Pakistani civilian prisoners, who had completed their sentences, were repatriated today via the Attari-Wagah border. The government of India attaches high priority to the issue of Indian fishermen and civilian prisoners in Pakistan’s custody and has urged the government of Pakistan to expedite the release and repatriation of all Indian prisoners — including fishermen who remain in Pakistan’s custody,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.

With PTI inputs