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(9 Nov 2023)
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Karachi, Pakistan - 9 November 2023
1. Two prison vans bring released Indian fishermen to Cantt Railway Station to be taken to Wagah border by Edhi Foundation charity
2. Various of Indian fishermen exiting prison van
3. Fishermen entering railway station carrying their belongings
4. Policemen counting released prisoners
5. Various of Sanjay Laxman, 24, from Gujarat state of India, who spent three years in jail in Pakistan, showing card with his name and a number on it
6. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Sanjay Laxman, Indian fisherman released from prison in Pakistan:
“We were on the sea to catch fish and earn our livelihood. They arrested us and put us in prison. It has been more than three years when I was arrested. There were 200 people who were imprisoned after us but they were released after one or one and a half years. We 80 people are now about to be released. I am very very happy. There are many more fishermen imprisoned. I appeal to governments of both countries (India and Pakistan) to have friendly ties and release each other’s fishermen.”
7. Pan of released Indian fishermen waiting at railway station
8. Close of fishermen smiling
9. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Saad Edhi, Edhi Foundation charity:
“Eighty people are being released today from a prison in Karachi. They will go to India. They are fishermen. They enter Pakistan’s waters inadvertently while catching fish. Our forces arrest them and start the process of their identity verification. For some it is over in six months. For others it might take four years. Edhi Foundation has arranged transportation for them from Karachi to the Wagah border.”
10. Various of clothes, biscuits, shoes, and cash being handed to released Indian fishermen by Edhi Foundation
11. Cantt Railway station exterior


STORYLINE:
Pakistan released 80 Indian fishermen on Thursday from a prison in Karachi.

They had been imprisoned after they entered Pakistani territorial waters.

"They arrested us and put us in prison. It has been more than three years when I was arrested," said Sanjay Laxman, 24, one of the released prisoners.

He said: “We were on the sea to catch fish and earn our livelihood."

Pakistan and India frequently arrest each other’s fishermen for entering their waters.

It takes months and in some cases years for them to be released.

“Fishermen enter Pakistan’s waters inadvertently while catching fish. Our forces arrest them and start the process of their identity verification," said Saad Edhi, of the Edhi Foundation charity, which has been given the responsibility to transport the released prisoners to the Wagah border.

"For some it is over in six months. For others it might take four years.”

The released fishermen will cross the border into India on Friday.

AP video shot by: Muhammad Farooq


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