13 April,2011 02:25 PM IST | | IANS
Pakistan has decided to set free 89 Indian prisoners, a move that comes less than a week after it released an Indian who had spent 27 years in a Pakistani jail.
Gopal Dass crossed over to India from Pakistan April 7 at the Attari checkpost after his 27 years' incarceration in a Pakistani jail on charges of being a spy.
Pakistan will release the 89 Indian prisoners, including fishermen, as a goodwill gesture that would boost ties between two countries, the News International quoted Geo News as reporting.
A Foreign Office statement said the freed Indian prisoners would be handed over to Indian authorities April 15.
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India, during the secretary level talks early this month, provided Pakistan a list of its citizens detained across the border, the statement added.