Finally! IAF WC Abhinandan Varthaman Returns To India [Updated Report]

Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured by Pakistan on Tuesday after his Mig 21 Bison fighter jet crashed on the other side of LoC while on a combat mission, has been handed over to India at the Wagah-Atari border. On Friday morning, India's acting High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia arrived at the Pakistan Foreign Office in Islamabad for a briefing on the release of 35 year old Abhinandan. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, while addressing the joint session of Parliament on Thursday, had declared that the IAF Wing Commander will be released on Friday as a "peace gesture". Pakistani newspaper The Nation had, on Thursday morning, touted Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi relaying the country's inclination to deliberate on Varthaman's release "with an open heart".