rajkot following joint efforts by the indian and pakistani governments the first batch of 93 pakistani fishermen and seven boats were released on tuesday evening also 74 indian fishermen and 23 boats in custody of the pakistani government will be released when they meet at the indian border line in the arabian sea on wednesday afternoon the released fishermen boarded kamladevi vessel of the indian coast guards which departed from kanai jetty of the okha port at 6 pm on arrival of first secretary in the pakistan high commission ahmed ali jamali on monday the release of 93 fishermen in custodies at bhuj junagadh and porbandar was effected about release of the indian fishermen commanding officer of the indian coast guards k roy said they are likely to reach kanai jetty with 23 boats on thursday evening okha psi nisarg patel said there were 23 fishermen in custody at bhuj 16 at junagadh and 54 at porbandar they were arrested by the indian coast guards in the past two years their seized belongings will be returned to them speaking to tnn pakistani fisherman gulmuhammed from karachi who was arrested a year backwhile praising the indian government for hospitality of its jails said jab kabhi bhi hamari tabiyat nadurast rehti thi tab hamara ilaaj karaya gaya aur hame dawaiyan di gayi hamare gharwalon ke sath bhi ham airmail ke zariye khairiyetkhabar bhijwate rahe jiske liye hame kisi ne kabhi roka nahin naa hi kabhi mana kiya we were given medicines whenever we fell sick and nobody stopped us from writing home another karachi fisherman abdullah salemuhammad who was arrested a year back broke down and thanked the indian government for releasing fishermen in the holy month of ramzan he suggested that both governments should work out something for fishermen if they are caught they should be freed immediately after completing all the formalities he said ham to gareeb log hain pet ki aag bujhane ke liye ye pesha karte hain kabhi kabhi bhool se sarhad paar bhi kar jaate hain we are poor people who do this to satiate our hunger and sometimes make the mistake of crossing over the border he added