Ansar Burney the Pakistani human rights activist & former Minister will visit India on Wednesday. He will visit Punjab in a bid to persuade Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal to release Pakistani prisoners languishing in jails.

An official said that according to reports there are as many as 46 Pakistani prisoners alone in Indian Punjab jails alone who had completed their jail term but not yet released.

He will be in India on an official visit on an invitation from Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Burney said he would request the Indian government to release all such prisoners without delay & repatriate them back to Pakistanr.

During his visit, he is also expected to visit New Delhi & meet with senior members of the Indian Government & make request for the release of other Pakistani nationals lodged in prisons across India.