This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Pakistan announced on Sunday that it was going to release 220 Indian fishermen held in Pakistani prisons for trespassing into its territorial waters as a “goodwill gesture” to its nuclear-armed rival India. According to the official statement issued by Deputy Superintendent of Karachi’s Malir prison, Hassan Sehto, he mentioned that “we released 220 Indian fishermen today as a goodwill gesture.” Moreover, Sehto added that 219 more fishermen remain in Pakistani custody. The fishermen freed by Pakistan are anticipated to cross over into Indian Territory on Monday.
Indian and Pakistani fishermen frequently trespass into other country’s territory and are then detained for illegal fishing since the Arabian Sea border is not clearly defined. In addition to the undetectable border, many boats used by these fishermen also lack the technology that allow them to clearly fix their precise location when fishing. The fishermen caught in the other country’s territory and tried and jailed. Quite often, the fishermen languish in jail even after serving their terms due to the unfortunate diplomatic ties between the two neighbours that sometime delay the fulfillment of bureaucratic requirements.
The relations between India and Pakistan have taken an unfortunate turn since a deadly attack on an Indian army base in the disputed region of Kashmir in September this year. The Indian government blames Pakistan-based militant group, Jaish-e-Mohammed, for the attack but the Pakistani government denies the claim. Since the incident, there have also been frequent outbreaks of cross-border firing. Since the separation of Pakistan and India, both claim the Himalayan territory in full and have fought two wars over the mountainous region.
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