ISLAMABAD: In continuation of their decades-long apply, Pakistan and India exchanged lists of their respective nuclear installations and prisoners on the primary day of the brand new yr, the International Workplace mentioned on Wednesday.
This annual change was carried out below the Settlement on Prohibition of Assaults in opposition to Nuclear Installations and Services between Pakistan and India, the FO assertion added.
The listing of nuclear installations and services in Pakistan was formally handed over to a consultant of the Indian Excessive Fee in Islamabad on the Ministry of International Affairs.
Concurrently, the Indian Ministry of Exterior Affairs handed over the listing of India’s nuclear installations and services to a consultant of the Pakistan Excessive Fee in New Delhi.
“Signed on December31, 1988, the settlement, inter alia, supplies that each nations shall inform one another of their nuclear installations and services, falling inside its definition, on 1st January of every calendar yr,” mentioned FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch.
Because the settlement between Pakistan and India entered into pressure on January 27, 1991, the 2 nations have been exchanging the lists since January 1st, 1992, she added.
Equally, the neighbouring nations additionally exchanged the listing of prisoners in one another’s custody by diplomatic channels.
The simultaneous change of lists came about in pursuance of the Consular Entry Settlement of 2008, mentioned the spokesperson.
Beneath the Settlement, each nations are required to change the lists of prisoners in one another’s custody on 1st January and 1st July, yearly, she added.
Islamabad handed over an inventory of 266 Indian prisoners in Pakistan (49 civilian prisoners and 217 fishermen) to a consultant of the Excessive Fee of India within the federal capital.
Concurrently, New Delhi shared the listing of Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails to an officer of the Pakistan Excessive Fee, the FO mentioned, including that there have been a complete of 462 Pakistanis in Indian jails (381 civilian prisoners and 81 fishermen).
Along with this, Islamabad urged New Delhi to launch and repatriate all these Pakistanis — 52 civilian prisoners and 56 fishermen — who’ve accomplished their respective sentences and whose nationwide standing stands confirmed.
“The federal government of India has additionally been urged to make sure security, safety and well-being of all Pakistani or believed-to-be Pakistani prisoners, awaiting their launch and repatriation,” learn the assertion.
Moreover, a request for grant of consular entry to 38 lacking defence personnel of 1965 and 1971 wars has been made, the FO spokesperson added.