LAHORE, June 2: A group of Indians visited a Pakistani jail on Saturday at the start of a 14-day mission to trace prisoners of war they believe may be languishing in the country's prisons.

However, prison officials said the group found no Indian POWs in the central jail in Lahore.

“The Indian delegation spent several hours in the prison looking for their relatives, but there were none,” jail official Bashir Khan said.

“They were offered full cooperation by the authorities here.” Among the 14-member Indian delegation is 59-year-old Damayanti Tambay, looking for her husband who went missing after a war between Pakistan and India in 1971.

Tambay has campaigned for years to put pressure on the Indian government to find out about 54 missing Indians that many believe are in Pakistan. She is making her second trip after visiting a Pakistani jail in 1983.

The group will visit 10 jails during their stay.—AFP