In the last 10 years, 26 Indian fishermen died in Pakistan's custody. The family members of an Indian fisherman, Suresh Nathu, who died in the Karachi prison on September 5 have been waiting for his mortal remains to be transported for a month.

In an RTI reply to Indo-Pak peace activist and senior journalist, Jatin Desai, the High Commission of India in Islamabad said that between January 2014 and December 2023, 24 Indian fishermen died in Pakistan's custody.