Pakistan, India trade lists of nuclear installations, prisoners

India and Pakistan are required to exchange lists of prisoners and nuclear installations each year.


Web Desk January 01, 2014
Foreign Office exchanged the lists under long standing bilateral agreements. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD: Lists of nuclear installations and prisoners was exchanged between Pakistan by India on Wednesday according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The lists were exchanged under Article-II of the December 1988 Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities and the Agreement on Consular Access signed on May 21, 2008 between Pakistan and India. Under the agreements, the two countries are required to exchange lists of their respective nuclear installations and facilities and prisoners.

Accordingly, a list of requisite facilities in Pakistan was officially handed over to a representative of the Indian High Commission at the Foreign Office on Wednesday.

The Indian side also handed over its list to the Pakistan High Commission by the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.

Similarly, the biannual exchange of the list of prisoners was conducted.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed over a list of 281 Indian prisoners (49 civilian and 232 fishermen) in Pakistan to the High Commission of India in Islamabad on Wednesday.

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs also handed over the list of Pakistani prisoners currently in Indian jails.

According to this list, there are a total of 396 Pakistanis in Indian jails (257 civilian and 139 fishermen).

COMMENTS (10)

Sid | 10 years ago | Reply

Its kinda scary how many naive people in India and Pakistan even think of nuclear confrontations. These toys are made to sit in silo and better never detonate. The ones who pushes the button usually survives it is the innocent people who burn and dies. Imagine the irony that we would like to kill each other and die doing so compare to living together in harmony. Even the mere blackmailing for using nukes only exposes further the immature thinking of the leaders. Peace.

Nikki | 10 years ago | Reply

@BruteForce: No sane or mad man will ever push the button.In this centuray,at least, no use of nuclear.

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