Pakistan has freed 45 Indian fishermen as a gesture of goodwill. The fishermen were freed today from a jail in Karachi and put on a bus that will take them to the eastern city of Lahore.

The official sources told a news agency that several formalities have to be completed before the fishermen can be allowed to cross over to India via the Wagah land border crossing tomorrow .

On May 7, caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso announced that Pakistan would release 51 Indian fishermen who have already completed their jail terms. The figure was subsequently revised to 49 and later, 45 fishermen were freed.