By APP,
New Delhi : Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Rajya Sabha here Thursday that 641 Indians, including 436 fishermen, were in different Pakistani jails.
Replying to a written question in the upper house of the parliament, Mukherjee said lists of prisoners had been exchanged by Pakistan and India on March 31 last and these were under study.
He said that 74 missing Indian defence personnel, including 54 since 1971, were also believed to be in Pakistani jails.
The minister said India had consistently taken up the issue with Pakistan at the highest level.
It expects the government of Pakistan to implement the recommendations of the Pak-India Judicial Committee to release and provide consular access to all detained fishermen and prisoners, Mukherjee said.
He said without consular access to fishermen and other prisoners, it was not possible to determine the details of sentences awarded to Indian prisoners.
Meanwhile, Pakistan has sought details of more than five hundred Pakistanis languishing in Indian jails but there is no response from the Indian side yet, sources said.