The Government has said, the India-Pakistan relationship has become sluggish but it has no impact on bilateral arrangements, including on exchange of fishermen and prisoners caught on either side.<br/><br/>Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha yesterday, Minister of State for External Affairs, Gen. V K Singh said that the mechanisms have been put in place to ensure release of fishermen caught by either side. He said, an India-Pakistan Judicial Committee on Prisoners was constituted in 2008 to look into humanitarian aspects of the matter. <br/><br/>The Minister informed that there are 516 fishermen who are Indian or believed to be Indian nationals are currently in the custody of Pakistani authorities. <br/><br/>Mr. Singh said that India regularly takes up with the Pakistan the matter of early release and repatriation of all Indian civil prisoners and fishermen who have completed their sentences.<br/><br/>

The Government has said, the India-Pakistan relationship has become sluggish but it has no impact on bilateral arrangements, including on exchange of fishermen and prisoners caught on either side.<br/><br/>Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha yesterday, Minister of State for External Affairs, Gen. V K Singh said that the mechanisms have been put in place to ensure release of fishermen caught by either side. He said, an India-Pakistan Judicial Committee on Prisoners was constituted in 2008 to look into humanitarian aspects of the matter. <br/><br/>The Minister informed that there are 516 fishermen who are Indian or believed to be Indian nationals are currently in the custody of Pakistani authorities. <br/><br/>Mr. Singh said that India regularly takes up with the Pakistan the matter of early release and repatriation of all Indian civil prisoners and fishermen who have completed their sentences.<br/><br/>