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Pak ready to receive delegation of families of PoWs
New Delhi, Dec 11: Pakistan has offered to receive a delegation of the families of Prisoners of Wars (PoWs), Rajya Sabha was told today.
New Delhi, Dec 11: Pakistan has offered to receive a
delegation of the families of Prisoners of Wars (PoWs), Rajya
Sabha was told today.
The government, after consulting the matter with the relatives' associations of the PoWs, was considering the suggestions put forth by the associations viz-a-viz Pakistani proposal as also the most opportune time for taking the process further, defence minister George Fernandes said in a written reply.
In response to the matter raised by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Agra summit, the Pakistan government, in September, 2001, intimated that it had conducted an 'exhaustive search' and scrutiny of jail records throughout the country to ascertain whether any Indian PoW from 1971 was was still held anywhere in Pakistan.
Bureau Report
The government, after consulting the matter with the relatives' associations of the PoWs, was considering the suggestions put forth by the associations viz-a-viz Pakistani proposal as also the most opportune time for taking the process further, defence minister George Fernandes said in a written reply.
In response to the matter raised by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Agra summit, the Pakistan government, in September, 2001, intimated that it had conducted an 'exhaustive search' and scrutiny of jail records throughout the country to ascertain whether any Indian PoW from 1971 was was still held anywhere in Pakistan.
Bureau Report