BBC Online :
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered the release of 151 detained Indian fishermen as a good will gesture on the eve of his visit to India.
Hundreds of Pakistani and Indian fishermen are languishing in jails for accidentally crossing the sea border.
Sharif is to attend the inauguration of Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister on Monday, the first Pakistani leader to be invited to such an event.
His visit is seen as a sign of tensions between the two countries easing.
Fifty-nine fishermen from a jail in Karachi and a further 92 in Hyderabad will be handed over to the Indian authorities on Monday, a statement from the prime minister’s office said.
The handover will take place at the Wagha-Attari border, near the eastern city of Lahore.
Narendra Modi displays the letter from the Indian President inviting him to form the new government Narendra Modi won the Indian election with a big majority Sharif has also ordered the release of 57 Indian fishing boats which are currently in Pakistan’s custody.
