Wing Commandar Abhinandan Varthaman To Be Released Via Wagah Border By 4 pm

Mumbai: Indian Air Force pilot, Abhinandan Varthaman, who was confiscated by Pakistan, during the air war between India and Pakistan will be brought back to India today by 4 pm.

He has been handed over to Indian High Commission in Islamabad from where he will be coming to Lahore than through Wagah Checkpoint he will be brought to India.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said. Pakistan has said Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was being released as a “gesture of peace”. It is not clear whether the pilot will be handed over to the International Red Cross or to the Indian authorities by Pakistan.

Wing Commander Abhinandan’s MiG-21 shootings took place during the air war between India and Pakistan on Wednesday morning. He is in Pakistan since then.