India repatriates 3 Pakistani prisoners after completion of jail phrases

By PTI

NEW DELHI: India on Saturday repatriated three Pakistani prisoners by means of the Attari-Wagah border transit level after they accomplished their jail phrases.

The prisoners are Sameera Abdul Rehman, Murtaza Asghar Ali and Ahmed Raja, in keeping with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

“Three Pakistani prisoners, who had completed their sentences, were repatriated to Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah border on March 26,” the MEA mentioned.  It mentioned Sameera Abdul Rehman was accompanied by her four-year-old woman baby Sana Fatima.

The MEA additionally mentioned India attaches highest significance to addressing all humanitarian issues, together with early launch and repatriation of all Indian prisoners and fishermen from Pakistan.

“The government’s persistent efforts have succeeded in release and repatriation of 20 Indian fishermen and one civilian prisoner from Pakistan’s custody in 2022, so far,” the MEA mentioned in a press release.

An official on the Attari border mentioned that in 2017 the Pakistani girl was arrested alongside along with her husband Mohammad Shihab of Palakkad in Kerala.

She had met him in Qatar. Shihab introduced her to India and not using a visa in September 2016 through the Nepal border. She was arrested in May 2017 and was subsequently sentenced to three-year imprisonment. She was lodged in a Bangalore jail.

The official mentioned her husband was launched from jail on bail and thereafter he went lacking. Before crossing over to Pakistan, Sameera mentioned, “I am extremely happy as I am finally going back to Pakistan along with my daughter born in India…the Indian authorities…treated me and my daughter well in jail.” “I am also thankful to Indian officials and the Home Ministry which helped me enormously to procure all relevant travel documents to cross over to Pakistan with my daughter,” she mentioned.