Pakistan has released a group of 25 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture, ahead of a meeting this weekend of the trade ministers from the two South Asian nuclear giants.
Pakistan and India typically arrest hundreds of the other country’s fishermen every year on charges of having violated respective territorial waters. BBC also reported that other prisoners (including detained fishermen) languishing in prisons in both nations will be released in the coming days and weeks,
But these countries have much bigger fish to fry than some wayward fishermen.
Following last week’s visit to India by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Islamabad and New Delhi are seeking to broaden trade relations, despite a number of fractious issues that divide the two countries including the endless dispute over Kashmir, Pakistan’s alleged sponsorship and protection of Islamic terrorists and the ongoing fallout from the 2008 attacks in Mumbai (the incident that shattered previous rounds of peace talks).
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