Exchange of lists of nuclear facilities and prisoners between Pakistan and India

 Exchange of lists of nuclear facilities and prisoners between Pakistan and India

According to the official news agency 'APP', Pakistani and Indian officials exchanged lists of mutual nuclear facilities and facilities under the December 31, 1988 agreement.

This process of exchange of lists was done in Islamabad and New Delhi.

In a statement issued by the spokesperson of the Foreign Office, it is said that according to the agreement, the list of nuclear facilities and facilities in Pakistan was officially handed over to the representative of the Indian High Commission in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Meanwhile, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs provided the representative of the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi with a list of its country's nuclear facilities and facilities.

A Foreign Office spokesman said the agreement signed on December 31, 1988 stipulated that the two countries would inform each other of their nuclear facilities and facilities on January 1 of each year, later ratified on January 27, 1991 had gone.
The spokesperson of the Foreign Office said that the exchange of lists has been going on since January 1, 1992.

Exchange of list of prisoners
According to another statement issued by the Foreign Office, lists of prisoners in each other's custody were exchanged between the two countries.

According to a statement released by the Foreign Office spokesperson, the lists were simultaneously exchanged under the Consular Access Agreement of 2008.

Under the agreement, the two countries exchange lists of prisoners in each other's custody on January 1 and July 1 every year.
According to the Foreign Office, Pakistan has provided a list of 705 Indian prisoners detained in Pakistan with the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, including 51 civilians and 654 fishermen.

However, the Indian government along with the High Commission of Pakistan in New Delhi provided a list of 434 Pakistani prisoners in India, including 339 civilian prisoners and 95 fishermen.

In addition, Pakistan has requested the early release and repatriation of 51 civilian prisoners and 94 fishermen who have completed their respective sentences and have their national status confirmed, according to the Foreign Office spokesperson.
It has also sought consular access to defense personnel missing in the 1965 and 1971 wars and special consular access to 56 civilian prisoners.

It should be noted that due to disputed maritime boundaries and lack of good equipment for small fishermen, transgression of the maritime boundaries is common among fishermen of both countries.

Arrests of fishermen who violate maritime boundaries are common, but their release is a complicated process due to strained relations between the two countries.

Arrested fishermen may take a year or more to be released, but most of them lose their boats as the arresting authorities keep their boats.