Karachi:
Pakistan arrested another 24 Indian fishermen on Friday and seized four boats, the maritime security agency said, despite last month announcing the release of all jailed Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture.
"Some four Indian fishing boats along with 24 crew members were apprehended for poaching well inside Pakistani waters," it said.
Pakistan and India frequently arrest and accuse each other's fishermen of violating their respective zones in the Arabian Sea.
Friday's arrests bring to 57 the number of Indian fishermen arrested so far in October, after Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar announced the release of all Indian fishermen when her Indian counterpart SM Krishna visited in September.
India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence in 1947, two of them over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, which is divided by a heavily militarised Line of Control and which both countries claim in full.