THE MISSING 54

-A TIMELINE OF EVENTS

DECEMBER 1971

PAKISTAN OBSERVER PUBLISHED A REPORT CLAIMING 5 PILOTS WERE CAPTURED ALIVE

DECEMBER 1971

NAME OF THREE INDIAN SOLDIERS ANNOUNCED AS CAPTURED INDIAN DEFENCE PERSONNEL

DECEMBER 1971

AN INDIAN SOLDIER'S PHOTO PUBLISHED IN THE TIME MAGAZINE AS AN INDIAN SOLDIER CAPTURED IN PAKISTAN

DECEMBER 1974

AN INDIAN PRISONER RELEASED WHO INFORMS OF PRESENCE OF POWs IN PAKISTAN AND THE INHUMANE TREATMENT METED OUT TO THEM

APRIL 12, 1979

MEA QUESTIONED ABOUT PEOPLE HELD IN PAKISTAN AND CHARGES AGAINST THEM

JANUARY 1988

PAKISTAN RELEASED AN INDIAN PRISONER WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN ONE OF THE 54 IN JAIL

MAY 15 , 1997

MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE SAID 54 PERSONNEL WERE LODGED IN DETENTION IN PAKISTAN

1999

CASE FILED IN GUJARAT HIGH COURT

MAY 4, 2000

MEA AJIT KUMAR PANJA  SAID THERE ARE 54 INDIAS DETAINED IN PAK BUT PAK DENIED

AUGUST 16, 2000

MEA OMAR ABDULLAH SAYS PAK IS CONSISTENTLY DENYING PRESENCE OF POWs IN JAIL

MARCH 6, 2002

MEA GEORGE FERNANDES SAID THERE ARE 54 POWs BUT PAKISTAN DENIES THAT

JUNE 2007

FAMILIES VISITED PAKISTANI PRISONS BUT TO NO AVAIL

2012

GOVT OF INDIA APPROACHED SC TO GET A STAY ON DIRECTIVE TO APPROACH INTERNATIONAL COURT IN THIS MATTER

DECEMBER 2014

NAMES OF 54 POWs PROVIDED IN LOK SABHA