Noted human rights activist Ansar Burney, who was instrumental in the release of Indian national Kashmir Singh, said on Monday said he would visit the India soon to secure the release of all Pakistanis who had completed their jail terms.
Burney's comments came in the wake of the death of a Paksitani prisoner in a jail in India.
Burney, who is also campaigning for Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh's death sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment, said there are 50 Pakistani prisoners in Amritsar jail who had already completed their sentences.
Burney said he had decided to visit India before the end of this month to work for the release of these prisoners after Mohammad Asif, 32, died suddenly on his way from Amritsar jail to hospital following a sudden deterioration in his health.
Indian officials have said Asif was suffering from tuberculosis. The Ansar Burney Trust is working to bring Asif's body back to Pakistan.
Burney spoke with Indian high commissioner Satyabrata Pal and visa counsellor Suresh Reddy, who told him the body would be returned to Pakistan as soon as