Captured Indian pilot at centre of Kashmir crisis to be released
2019-03-01 10:02:14 source：The Aljazeera
March 1, 2019
The captured Indian fighter pilot, who was attacked by a mob and then paraded on video by Pakistan's army, will be released on Friday, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said.
A senior Indian Air Force official welcomed the move on Thursday evening, but added that Islamabad was simply following international norms around prisoners of war.
"We have an Indian pilot. As a peace gesture we will release him tomorrow," Pakistan's Khan told a joint sitting of parliament in the capital Islamabad.
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