ISLAMABAD: The governments of Pakistan and India have exchanged lists of their nuclear installations and prisoners in each other’s custody in line with existing bilateral treaties, the foreign ministries of both countries said on Thursday.
The development takes place amid strained ties between India and Pakistan following their four-day military conflict in May 2025. High-level engagement between officials of both countries remains mostly suspended as tensions persist.
India and Pakistan exchange lists of prisoners in each other’s custody on Jan. 1 and July 1 each year under the Consular Access Agreement between them. They also exchange lists of nuclear installations under a 1988 agreement that prohibits attacks on each other’s nuclear facilities and requires annual notification of such sites on Jan. 1.
“The Government of Pakistan today handed over a list of 257 Indian prisoners (58 civil+ 199 fishermen) in Pakistan to the High Commission of India in Islamabad,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said during a weekly press briefing.
Andrabi said the Indian government is also sharing the list of Pakistani prisoners in its custody with the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.
