Pakistan and India on Tuesday exchanged lists of prisoners in each other’s custody, through diplomatic channels.
“The Government of Pakistan handed over a list of 246 Indian prisoners in Pakistani jails including 193 fishermen and 53 other prisoners to a representative of the High Commission of India in Islamabad,” Foreign Office spokesperson said in a press statement.
Meanwhile, the Government of India shared the list of Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails to an officer of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.
According to the list, there were a total of 463 Pakistanis in Indian jails including 81 fishermen and 382 other prisoners.
The simultaneous exchange of lists took place in pursuance of the Consular Access Agreement of 2008. Under the Agreement, both countries were required to exchange the lists of prisoners in each other’s custody on 1st January and 1st July, every year.
