Atleast 211 fishermen believed to be Indian are detained in Pakistan jails, in line with information accessible on July 1 when the final checklist of prisoners was exchanged between the 2 international locations. Of those, 19 fishermen had been detained this 12 months.
The information was tabled in separate responses to a set of questions on fishermen detentions posed by Impartial MP from Daman & Diu, Umeshbhai Patel, within the Lok Sabha on Friday and Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala within the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
As per the response from Union minister of Exterior Affairs S Jaishankar to Patel’s query, 24 of the 211 inmates, believed to be Indian fishermen as per info shared by Pakistan, are from the Union Territory of Daman & Diu. The minister additional stated that since 2014, 2,639 fishermen have been repatriated from Pakistan.
To Surjewala’s query coping with the arrest of fishermen by each Sri Lanka and Pakistan within the final 5 years, info offered by Minister of State for Exterior Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh within the Rajya Sabha confirmed 535 fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan authorities until December 5, 2024, and 19 arrested by Pakistan safety businesses this 12 months until July 1.
There are at present 1,172 fishing boats in Pakistan’s custody, as per MEA Jaishankar’s reply within the Decrease Home. His assertion added that Pakistan has been requested to expedite the discharge and repatriation of all Indian fishermen, “who’ve accomplished their sentence and whose nationality has been confirmed. Pakistan has additionally been requested to supply instant consular entry to the remaining fishermen in Pakistan’s custody, who’re believed-to-be-Indian”.
With respect to Sri Lanka, MoS Singh stated that Jaishankar mentioned the problems associated to fishermen with the brand new political management in October final.
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