LAHORE – Indian authorities on Wednesday released two jailed Pakistaninationals, Abdullah and Mohammed Imran Qureshi Warsi, through theAttari-Wagah border.
Abdullah was detained from Attari in 2017 while Warsi spent 10 years inBhopal jail on charges of “forgery and spying” after coming to India in2004.Warsi, on the other hand, had come to India to meet his Kolkata basedrelatives. He stayed on in India for four years despite the expiry of hisvisa. Furthermore, he also got a ration card and a PAN card made during hisstay. In fact, he was on his way to Bhopal to get a passport made when hewas arrested by the police.
The man, who now get to go home after 14 years, told Indian media that hecouldn’t be happier to see his mother, father and siblings who all residein Karachi’s Gulshan Iqbal area.
He has an Indian wife and two children from the marriage, whom he plans ontaking to Pakistan through proper legal recourse.
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The release of Pakistani nationals come in the wake of Hamid Nehal Ansari,an Indian national who was detained and jailed in Pakistan for six years,being repatriated to India after the completion of his prison term onDecember 15.
