Pakistan and India exchanged the lists of prisoners in each other’s custody and lists of nuclear installations and facilities between the two countries on Monday, the Foreign Office said.

The lists of prisoners were exchanged through diplomatic channels.

“The simultaneous exchange of lists took place in pursuance of the Consular Access Agreement of 2008. Under the agreement, both countries are required to exchange the lists of prisoners in each other’s custody on 1st January and 1st July, every year,” it said.

The government handed over a list of 231 Indian prisoners in Pakistan, including 47 civilian prisoners and 184 fishermen, to a representative of the High Commission of India in Islamabad.

The Indian government shared the list of Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails to an officer of Pakistan High Commission, New Delhi. According to the list, “there are a total of 418 Pakistanis in Indian jails, including 337 civilian prisoners and 81 fishermen.”

List of nuclear installations, facilities

“The Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pakistan and India, inter alia, provides that both countries shall inform each other of their nuclear installations and facilities, falling within its definition, on January 1 of each calendar year,” it said.

The agreement was signed on December 31, 1988 while the pact entered into force on January 27, 1991. The two countries have been exchanging the lists since January 1, 1992.

“Pursuant to Article-II of the agreement, the list of nuclear installations and facilities in Pakistan was officially handed over to a representative of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, today [Monday].

Simultaneously, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs also handed over the list of India’s nuclear installations and facilities to a representative of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi,“ it said.