KARACHI: Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney scheduled to visit India on Wednesday in a bid to persuade Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal to release Pakistani prisoners languishing in jails.

As per the report there are as many as 46 Pakistani prisoners lodged in Indian Punjab jails alone who had completed their jail term but not yet released.

Burney is a former Pakistani minister and was elected unopposed to UNHR Council's Advisory Committee. He will be in India on an official visit on an invitation from Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.

Burney said he would request the Indian government to release all such prisoners without delay and repatriate them back to Pakistan.

It is learnt that during his visit, Burney will also visit New Delhi and meet with senior members of the Indian Government and make request for the release of other Pakistani nationals lodged in prisons across India.