Pakistan, India exchange list of strategic facilities, prisoners

• Pakistan shared list of 705 Indian prisoners with High Commission.
• The list of nuclear installations and facilities was also shared.
• Pakistan has requested for repatriation of its 51 civilian prisoners.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India exchanged list of strategic facilities, nuclear installations  and prisoners through diplomatic channels in each other’s custody in pursuance of agreements signed between both countries.

Spokesperson Foreign Office said, “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 the 1st of January and 1st of July, every year.”

The government of Pakistan shared with the Indian High Commission in Islamabad a list of 705 Indian prisoners detained in Pakistan, including 51 civilian prisoners and 654 fishermen.

The Indian government also shared with the High Commission for Pakistan in New Delhi a list of 434 Pakistani prisoners in India, including 339 civilian prisoners and 95 fishermen.

According to 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.

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.

Separately, the spokesperson said, Pakistan has requested for early release and repatriation of its 51 civilian prisoners and 94 fishermen, who have completed their respective sentences, and their national status stands confirmed.

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Furthermore, a request for a grant of consular access to missing defence personnel of the 1965 and 1971 wars, and special consular access to 56 civil prisoners have also been made, it was added.