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Pak. prisoners on hunger strike

Jaipur Oct. 11. Protesting the attitude of the Pakistan High Commission officials, 13 Pakistanis who have completed their prison sentences but are yet to be repatriated have begun a hunger strike at Alwar.

Detained at a police camp outside the Alwar jail since September 18, after being brought from various jails in the State, they had been refusing food since Thursday evening, district officials said. — UNI

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