Pakistan releases 89 Indian prisoners

India on April 11 released 39 Pakistani prisoners. Both countries had exchanged a list of prisoners during Interior Secretaries meeting last month. –Photo by AP

KARACHI: Pakistan released 89 Indian prisoners on Thursday from the Malir District Jail, DawnNews reports.
The releases were a follow-up to last month’s interior/home secretaries’ meeting in New Delhi.
The prisoners were boarded on buses and sent to Lahore where they will be handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border.
The Indian prisoners were arrested between September 2009 and January 2010.
India on April 11 released 39 Pakistani prisoners. Both countries had exchanged a list of prisoners during Interior Secretaries meeting last month.
The two sides are scheduled to exchange complete lists of prisoners on July 1 under an agreement renewed at the New Delhi meeting.
Under an agreement on consular access signed on May 21, 2008, the two countries are required to exchange lists of prisoners every year on Jan 1 and July 1. But after the Mumbai attacks in November the same year, India stopped providing the list.