Since the Prohibition of Attacks on Nuclear Installations and Facilities pact, the two nations have been exchanging lists annually.
According to official claims from both nations, Pakistan and India shared details of nuclear facilities and civilian captives, including fishermen.
The two South Asian nuclear neighbors exchanged names of nuclear stations and facilities on Wednesday, according to a statement from Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry.
“The exchange occurred in accordance with the Pakistan-India Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities. The agreement, which was signed on December 31, 1988, among other things, stipulates that both nations must notify one another of any nuclear installations and facilities that fall under its purview on January 1st of every year, according to the statement.
India gave the list to a Pakistani diplomat in New Delhi after giving it to a representative of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.
The two nations have been exchanging lists annually since January 1, 1992, when the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks on Nuclear Installations and Facilities between India and Pakistan came into force on January 27, 1991.
On Wednesday, a prisoner list was also exchanged between New Delhi and Islamabad.
A official of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad received a list of 266 Indian captives from Pakistan, comprising 217 fisherman and 49 civilians.
At the same time, India gave a Pakistan High Commission official in New Delhi the list of Pakistani inmates housed in Indian prisons. The report states that 462 Pakistanis, compromising 381 civilian inmates and 81 fishermen, are detained in Indian jails.
52 Pakistani civilian detainees and 56 fishermen who have served their time and whose national status has been verified should be released and repatriated, Islamabad urged New Delhi.
The Pakistani Foreign Ministry stated, “In addition, a request has been made to grant consular access to 38 missing defense personnel of the 1965 and 1971 wars”.
In its statement, India also demanded the prompt release and return of fishermen and their boats, civilian prisoners, and “missing Indian defense personnel from Pakistan’s custody”.
