74 Indian PoWs lodged in Pak jails
Reuters
New Delhi: At least 74 prisoners of war (PoWs), besides 386 Indian fishermen and 162 civilians, were lodged in Pakistani jails, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
The Pakistan government had not acknowledged the presence of any PoW in its jails, Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed said in a written reply.
Pakistan had acknowledged the presence of only 377 fishermen and 156 civilian prisoners, he said.
The Minister said the government was persistently pursuing the matter with Pakistan through diplomatic channels and high-level talks from time to time for the release of all the Indian prisoners.
There were 59 Pakistani fishermen in Indian jails, he said adding no Pakistani PoWs were in Indian jails.
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