India and Pakistan have agreed to release all the fishermen languishing in each other's prisons by June 30.
Pakistan will release 432 Indian fishermen lodged in its prisons in Karachi while New Delhi has agreed to release 30 Pakistani fishermen, Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said on Saturday.
"[Both countries] have agreed to release all fishermen they are holding by June 30," she said, adding that 30 Pakistani fishermen were in India.
"India on the other hand has 432 fishermen in Pakistan who will be released. It does indicate something," Aslam said
The decision to free all the fishermen follows recent home secretary-level talks during which both sides agreed to expedite release of prisoners.
Ahead of the talks, Pakistan had released 71 Indian fishermen and India freed 59 Pakistani fishermen.
The 30 Pakistani fishermen who would now be released by India were recently arrested.
While announcing the release of the fishermen, Aslam said Pakistan would continue to arrest Indian fishermen who 'deliberately indulged in poaching in Pakistani waters'.
The two countries have also agreed to provide consular access to hundreds of other civilian prisoners languishing in each other's prisons.
"We have agreed to provide consular access by July 31 after which the process of their release would start," Aslam said.
