Karachi : In a goodwill gesture on the part of Pakistani administration on charges of illegal fishing in its territorial waters Arrested 631 fishermen from India on Friday i.e. 631 Expected to be released on May. However, during this period another Indian national died, who was to be repatriated along with the fishermen 118. Landhi of Sindh Indian fishermen are jailed

According to a media report, Qazi Nazir, a top police officer of the Prisons and Reforms Department in Pakistan’s Sindh Said that he has been asked by the concerned government ministries to release 631 fishermen on Friday and make preparations to send them to their country. These fishermen will first be sent to Lahore and handed over to the Indian authorities at the Wagah border. These fishermen are currently lodged in the Landhi Jail here.

Indian citizen Zalfikar died of illness

Jail and Reforms Department Officer Qazi Nazir said that Zulfikar, an Indian national, died in a hospital in Karachi on Saturday due to illness. Zulfikar was also to be released along with the fishermen. He said that according to Landhi jail officials, the Indian prisoner had complained of high fever and chest discomfort. His condition worsened last week. He was sent to the hospital, where he died due to a lung infection.

)Not enough facilities in Landhi and Malir Jail

He said that an official of the Edhi Welfare Trust, which transports Indian fishermen to Lahore and provides other assistance to them in jails, told in reference to Zulfikar’s death that Landhi and Malir jails do not have adequate arrangements and facilities and sick prisoners Has to struggle for regular and proper treatment. The jail doctor and hospital do not have proper facilities and equipment to treat patients with serious ailments and they recommend shifting the patient to another hospital, but many times it is too late, the official said.

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According to Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy, at present, India K 631 fisherman and another prisoner are lodged in Karachi’s Landhi and Malir jails despite having completed their jail terms. Adil Sheikh, who works with the Forum in Karachi, said that all these fishermen from India have been lodged in Pakistani jails after being arrested for allegedly violating the Maritime Territorial Demarcation Treaty between Pakistan and India. He said that almost all the poor are illiterate people.