Early Times Report
ATTARI, Dec 11: Three Pakistani nationals, released from a Jammu jail in a goodwill gesture, were repatriated to Pakistan here today.
According to officials, the trio - Ashiq Ali, Mohammed Rafiq and Syed Asif Ali Shah - were handed over to Pakistani Rangers by Border Security Force at Attari/Wagah Indo-Pak international border.
The trio crossed over to Pakistan on the basis of 'Emergency Travel Certificate' issued by the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi.
Ashiq Ali, a resident of Blochistan, was arrested six years ago and sent to Jammu jail, while Mohammed Rafiq, a resident of Gujrat district of Pakistan, underwent three years' imprisonment.
Syed Asif Ali Shah was a resident of Multan are of Pakistan and had served around three-and-a-half years in jail in Jammu after being arrested for illegally crossing the border. |
