{"id":142350,"date":"2019-03-01T19:51:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T19:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=142350"},"modified":"2019-03-01T19:51:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T19:51:18","slug":"admit-pows-1971-war-release-says-capt-amarinder-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/142350","title":{"rendered":"Admit to having POWs from 1971 War &#038; Release them too &#8211; Says Capt Amarinder to Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-142351\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PPN0103201931.jpg\" alt=\"PPN0103201931\" width=\"723\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PPN0103201931.jpg 723w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PPN0103201931-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/>Gurdaspur\/ Chandigarh, March 1 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211;<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;Even as he extended a warm welcome to IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on his return home, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday urged Pakistan to admit to, and release, the Prisoners of War (PoWs) still in its captivity from the 1971 war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;\">In an informal chat with media persons as part of his tour of the border areas in the wake of the escalating tensions at the LoC, the Chief Minister also urged the Indian Government to take up the issue with Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gurdaspur\/ Chandigarh, March 1 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211;&nbsp;Even as he extended a warm welcome to IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on his return home, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday urged Pakistan to admit to, and release, the Prisoners of War (PoWs) still in its captivity from the 1971 war. 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