(a) whether the Government of India has carried out any verification about Indian
citizenship of the prisoners captive in Pakistani jails;
(b) if so, the number of Indian prisoners who belongs to Barmer and Jaisalmer districts;
(c) the efforts made by the Government for their release from the jails of Pakistan; and
(d) the success achieved by the Government in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI S.M. KRISHNA)
(a) High Commission of India, Islamabad, on a continuing basis, monitors the status of Indians
prisoners in Pakistani jails and requests for consular access for these prisoners. Once
consular access is granted by the Government of Pakistan, the verification papers are sent to
the Ministry of Home Affairs through the Ministry of External Affairs for nationality status
verification of these prisoners.
(b) Currently, as per our records, there are no prisoners with confirmed Indian nationality
from Barmer or Jaisalmer.
(c) High Commission of India regularly takes up the matter with the Government of Pakistan
for the release of all those Indian prisoners who have completed their sentences.
(d) 17 Indian prisoners were released by the Government of Pakistan on June 23, 2010.