Pakistan, India exchange list of prisoners

Islamabad shares with New Delhi a list of 609 Indian prisoners which include 51 civilians and 558 fishermen

Pakistan and India on Thursday exchanged lists of their nationals incarcerated in each other’s jails, a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Pakistan shared with the Indian High Commission in Islamabad a list of 609 Indian prisoners which include 51 civilians and 558 fishermen, it added.

Similarly, the statement said, the government of India simultaneously shared the list of 345 Pakistani prisoners in India which include 271 civilians and 74 fishermen with the High Commission for Pakistan in New Delhi.

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​"The step is consistent with the clause (i) of the Agreement on Consular Access between Pakistan and India, signed on 21st May 2008, under which both countries are required to exchange lists of prisoners in each other’s custody twice a year, on 1st January and 1st July, respectively," the official communique further said.

The pact does not include prisoners held on charges of espionage or other military-related offences.

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On January 1, 2021, Pakistan shared a list of 319 Indian prisoners currently held in the country, which include 49 civilians and 270 fishermen with the Indian High Commission in the federal capital.

The Indian government had also simultaneously shared the list of 340 Pakistani prisoners in India, which include 263 civilians and 77 fishermen with the High Commission for Pakistan in New Delhi.