Pakistan Jail

BJP activist appeals for Hamid Nihal Ansari's release from Pakistan jail; asks Navjot Singh Sidhu to intervene

A BJP activist appealed Navjot Sidhu to secure the release of Hamid Nihal Ansari who is serving a jail sentence in Pakistan and is slated for release next month.

Indian national Hamid Nihal Ansari to be deported from Pakistan in December; 33-year-old was held for illegally entering the country

Hamid Nihal Ansari, an Indian software engineer from Mumbai who has been lodged in a Pakistani jail since 2015, is set to be deported after his prison sentence ends in December.

As India and Pakistan dither over red tape, fishermen languish, die in prisons on foreign shores

Fishermen from India and Pakistan who stray into the waters of the other country often wait endlessly in jails while their nationality is verified, sometimes passing away while imprisoned. Meanwhile, their families live in futile hope.

India seeks release of its national lodged in Pakistan jail on charges of spying

India has approached a Pakistani court to seek the release of its national on completion of his five-year jail term for alleged spying.

113 Indian fishermen released form Pakistan jails reach Gujarat

Hundred and thirteen Indian fishermen, who were released from Pakistan jails on 19 June, have arrived in Vadodara.