Pakistan has released 20 Indian fishermen and repatriated them via Wagah Border to India, confirmed a statement issued from the country’s foreign ministry on Tuesday.
Twenty Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan for allegedly entering into the country’s territorial waters are set to be handed over to India through the Wagah border crossing on Monday, according to a senior jail official.
An improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 5 kg was recovered near the Attari-Wagah border on Friday, according to a Punjab Police Special Task Force (STF) official who said that the device came from Pakistan.
As many as 114 Indian nationals who are currently stranded in Pakistan due to COVID-19 related travel restrictions will be repatriated to India through the Attari-Wagah border on July 9, as per a Pakistan government release.
Irrespective of the freezing temperature and harsh weather conditions, the Border Security Force (BSF) jawans are devotedly performing their duties of vigilantly guarding the Attari-Wagah border.
Two Afghan nationals have been arrested for smuggling banned drugs into India after 50 kg heroin was seized from them.
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was brought to Delhi after he crossed into India through the Attari-Wagah border yesterday, met Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa on Saturday morning and briefed him about his detention in Pakistan, officials said.
India released two jailed Pakistani nationals, Abdullah and Mohammed Imran Qureshi Warsi, through the Attari-Wagah border on Wednesday.
On the occasion of Pakistan’s 71st Independence Day, India and Pakistan border guards exchanged sweets at Attari-Wagah border.
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