India releases four Pakistani prisoners
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, June 25, IRNA -- India’s Home Minister, P Chidamabaram, ahead of his Pakistan visit on Friday, ordered the release of four Pakistani prisoners lodged in various jails in Gujarat.
The Home Minister has approved the release of four Pakistani prisoners as a gesture of goodwill, said a statement released by the Home Ministry here Friday.
These prisoners will be repatriated from the Attari border on 30th June, 2010 and handed over to Pakistan Rangers.
Chidambaram's two-day visit to Pakistan, beginning Friday, is the first ministerial visit from India to Pakistan since the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Chidambaram, who is visiting Pakistan primarily for the SAARC Interior Minister's Conference on Saturday, is expected to have bilateral meeting with Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik on the side-line of the conference.
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