(6 Sep 2010)
1. Wide exterior of Malir district jail in Karachi
2. Mid of jail entrance
3. Wide of Indian fishermen prisoners sitting on ground in lines
4. Mid of fishermen sitting on ground
5. Close up of fisherman
6. Close up of belongings
7. Various of fishermen sitting in queue
8. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Daneesh Baghwan, Indian fisherman:
"I have been in prison for the last 18 months. I have three children and a wife in India. I am glad to be going back to my country. We will try to convince our Indian government that they should release Pakistani fishermen who are in Indian jails."
9. Wide of Indian prisoners coming out of jail
10. Low angle of security at gate, Indian prisoners coming out
11. Various of Indian prisoners getting onto bus
12. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Shakir Ullah, Deputy Superintendent at Malir Jail:
"There are not suitable arrangements by the Indian government at Wagah border that's why we are not releasing more prisoners from here. The Indian government requested to the Pakistani government , we got the order and made arrangements regarding the release. We released 301 prisoners in the past and today released another 141 prisoners."
13. Various of luggage being loaded onto bus
14. Wide of bus leaving
STORYLINE:
A group of Indian fishermen were released from a Pakistan jail in the southern port city of Karachi on Monday as part of a move by authorities to free 442 fishermen who have completed their prison terms.
The 141 fishermen were released from Malir Jail on Monday morning and travelled by bus to Lahore before being repatriated to India, prison officials said.
The fishermen were arrested for violating maritime boundaries and fishing in Pakistan's territorial waters.
The fishermen are scheduled to cross over to India by land at the Wagah border crossing on Tuesday.
Pakistani authorities recently freed the first batch of 301 fishermen, according to Deputy Superintendent Shakir Ullah at Malir Jail.
According to the fishermen, some of the prisoners have been held for periods of up to eighteen months, in spite of allegedly being sentenced to serve terms ranging from six months to a year.
One of the released prisoners, Daneesh Baghwan said he was glad to be going back home to his family.
In a gesture of goodwill, he added: "We will try to convince our Indian government that they should release Pakistani fishermen who are in Indian jails."
Most of the fishermen hail from the western Indian coastal state of Gujarat.
Both India and Pakistan routinely arrest each other's fishermen for water boundary violations, and many languish in jails for years.
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