Pakistan is set to release the captured Indian pilot later today
Islamabad The captured Indian pilot who has become the face of the gravest military crisis to engulf South Asia in two decades is expected to be released from Pakistani custody on Friday.
A man identified as Wing Commander Abhinandan has been held in Pakistan after his MiG-21 jet was downed during a dogfight between Pakistani and Indian warplanes over the ceasefire line in the disputed Kashmir region on Wednesday. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said at a joint session of parliament that the pilot would be released at the Wagah border crossing on the demarcation line dividing the two countries on Friday afternoon, local time.
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