India reciprocates to Pakistan's gesture by releasing 37 Pakistani prisoners

India on Friday reciprocated Pakistan's gesture by releasing 37 Pakistani prisoners who had been languishing in Indian jails.

This move by India comes close on the heels of Pakistan doing a similar act of releasing 151 Indian prisoners as part of its goodwill gesture on eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in.

There has been a recent thaw in Indo-Pak relations with Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif accepting prime minister Modi's invitation to attend the latter's inauguration ceremony and also both holding talks and showing a nudge to better relations between the two countries.