New Delhi, March 22: Government today informed the Supreme Court that its policy of releasing Pakistani prisoners is not linked to the fate of Indian prisoners there.
In an affidavit filed by the Home Ministry in response to the petition filed by Pakistani national Jafaria seeking his release from jail, the government said that repatriation of High Risk Security Pak prisoners is under consideration.
“It is submitted that release and repatriation of Pak national who have completed the sentence is not being linked to the release and repatriation of the Indian prisoners lodged in jails in Pakistan,” the government said in its five page affidavit.
“The repatriation of Security and High Risk Security Pak prisoners has been under consideration in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs.
–Agencies