Pakistan frees 29 Indian prisoners

QUETTA, Pakistan, Monday (AFP) Pakistan freed 29 Indian nationals from a prison in southwestern Baluchistan province after they completed their jail terms for border violations, officials said.

"Twenty-nine Indian prisoners, who were taken into custody for illegal entry into Pakistan were released today (Sunday) after completion of their terms," Baluchistan home secretary Hammayun Khan told AFP.

The Indian prisoners would be kept in another prison in Rawalpindi, a city near the capital Islamabad, before being handed over to Indian authorities, Khan said.

The freed batch of Indian prisoners were caught during the past six to eight months, he said. Indian and Pakistani illegal immigrants are routinely held by Iranian border authorities and pushed back into Pakistan before they can sneak into Turkey to find jobs in European countries.