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Pakistan releases Indian prisoner Hamid Nihal Ansari

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Press Trust of India Islamabad
Last Updated : Dec 17 2018 | 4:30 PM IST

Pakistan on Monday released Indian prisoner Hamid Nihal Ansari, whose three-year jail term ended on Saturday, days after a top court gave one month deadline to the government to complete formalities to deport him.

Ansari, a 33-year-old Mumbai resident, was lodged in the Peshawar Central Jail after being sentenced by a military court to three years' imprisonment for possessing a fake Pakistani identity card on December 15, 2015.

Foreign Office Spokesperson Mohammad Faisal claimed that Ansari was an "Indian spy who had illegally entered Pakistan."

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First Published: Dec 17 2018 | 4:30 PM IST

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