Indian fisherman dies in Karachi jail; eighth such loss of life in years: assets
New delhi [India] : An indian fisherman handed away in Karachi prison on january 23. regardless of the final touch of his sentence and confirmation of his indian nationality, he became now not released by way of pakistan government, according to the resources.
The fisherman has been identified as Babu, son of Kana.
supplying condolences to the own family of the deceased, the assets knowledgeable that the Pakistani authorities in 2022 had arrested Babu.
The assets further stated that inside the closing 2 years, that is the eighth indian fisherman who has died in pakistan and a hundred and eighty indian fishermen who've finished their sentences await launch from Pakistani jail.
India has been continuously elevating the difficulty of early launch of prisoners with the pakistan aspect, the assets stated.
drastically, the Ministry of outside Affairs in a assertion on december thirteen, 2024, had stated, "As per the 'India-Pakistan agreement on Consular get entry to' signed on may 21, 2008, the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen of every united states of america, lodged within the jails of the opposite, are exchanged on january 1 and July 1 of every year. according to the lists exchanged on July 1, 2024, pakistan has recounted the custody of 211 Indian/believed-to-be-Indian fishermen, which incorporates 24 fishermen from daman and diu and none from Dadra and nagar Haveli."
"The 24 fishermen from daman and diu have been furnished consular get right of entry to and their indian nationality has also been showed and conveyed to the authorities of Pakistan. pakistan has been requested to expedite the release and repatriation of all indian fishermen, together with the ones from daman and diu, who've completed their sentence and whose nationality has been showed. pakistan has also been asked to offer instantaneous consular access to the last fishermen in Pakistan's custody, who are believed-to-be-Indian," the MEA assertion introduced.
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