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Pakistan released 360 Indian prisoners in April

Pakistan released 360 Indian prisoners in April

Pakistan’s release of the latest batch of 60 Indian prisoners on Sunday takes the number of such prisoners released as part of a goodwill gesture to 360 in April. The released prisoners...
India repatriates 39 Pakistani prisoners

India repatriates 39 Pakistani prisoners

As many as 39 Pakistani prisoners, comprising 21 civil prisoners and 18 fishermen, whose nationality has been confirmed by Pakistani authorities, were repatriated to Pakistan via Attari-Wagah border...
India, Pakistan fishermen: caught in a web of hostility

India, Pakistan fishermen: caught in a web of hostility

When 230 Indian fishermen released from Pakistani prisons disembarked in Veraval, Gujarat on 29 December, Dhirubhai Gohil, 28, was waiting with a picture of his elder brother, Kalubhai, 35. As...
Pakistan releases 18 Indian fishermen

Pakistan releases 18 Indian fishermen

Activists demand faster identity verification and timely release of incarcerated cross-border prisoners Pakistan on Sunday released 18 Indian fishermen from its Karachi prison. They will be...
India, Pakistan: Discuss memorandum with fishermen and all stakeholders, urge peace activists

India, Pakistan: Discuss memorandum with fishermen and all stakeholders, urge peace activists

Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), the largest and oldest people-to-people group, has urged Ms. Sushma Swaraj, Indian External Affairs Minister, to take measures for...
Dead bodies of arrested fishermen must be returned without delay: PIPFPD

Dead bodies of arrested fishermen must be returned without delay: PIPFPD

The Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) has appealed to the Indian and Pakistani government to not further delay handing over the dead bodies of two Indian fishermen...
Dear Prime Ministers, please keep your promise

Dear Prime Ministers, please keep your promise

Indian, Pakistani activists remind their Prime Ministers of their commitment at Ufa, Russia about release of fishermen, boats Fishermen’s organizations and peace activists of India and Pakistan in...
Pakistan releases prisoners; India urged to reciprocate

Pakistan releases prisoners; India urged to reciprocate

Released from prison by Pakistan as a goodwill gesture, 163 Indian fishermen held for violating Pakistani territorial waters, have arrived in India via Wagah / Attari border. The released prisoners...
Fishermen’s arrests: A story of pain and hunger

Fishermen’s arrests: A story of pain and hunger

By Sheher Bano Three months ago, Pakistan and India agreed that their border forces would release within 24 hours all fishermen from the other country arrested while fishing on the wrong side of the...
Joint Indo-Pak moot calls for addressing held fishermen’s issue

Joint Indo-Pak moot calls for addressing held fishermen’s issue

Karachi: Fisherfolk activists from both India and Pakistan along with members of India-Pakistan Joint Judicial Committee on Prisoners and members of various civil society organizations met in New...