KARACHI:
The lucky 113 Indian fishermen at Malir district prison were released after Modi’s call to Sharif, greeting him on the coming of Ramzaan. The release is a goodwill gesture from Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
The Indian fishermen being released themselves, of course, didn’t know of these details. All they said was that they were going home after spending around nine months behind bars here for having entered Pakistani waters by mistake.
“We came this side without realising it. We were only after bigger and better catch. But who knew that we would ourselves become the catch,” said Alam Dada, adding that he had spent exactly nine months and 24 days in jail for illegally crossing the border.
