151 Indian prisoners handed over by Pak at Wagah

“They let the three older fishermen go back as they will have been a burden here due to their age,” he said.  

Another fisherman named Nanji Soma said: “I am an illiterate man good enough to catch fish only but my son will not be one. He is 10 years old now and goes to school.

In my absence the fishermen community back home contributed for my poor family to keep sending him to school.”

“Now I will go back and work again and also pay back my friends. I may get caught again as there are not clear boundaries marked in the sea to keep us from drifting into your country but it will not happen to my son,” he said. 

Kamal Shah of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum has appealed to the Indian government to release the Pakistani fishermen locked up in Indian jails.

Sharif yesterday ordered the release of the 151 Indian prisoners and 57 boats, a day before his visit to India.