ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan and India exchanged lists of prisoners in each other’s custody on Wednesday, after a bilateral agreement on consular access between the two neighbours.
Under the agreement, both countries are to exchange lists of prisoners twice a year-January 1 and July 1.
“Consistent with the provisions of this agreement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed over a list of 403 Indian prisoners – 48 civilians and 355 fishermen – in Pakistan to the High Commission of India in Islamabad on Wednesday,” said a statement issued by the Foreign Office.
A similar list of 278 Pakistani prisoners – 251 civilian and 27 fishermen – being held in Indian jails was also handed over to the High Commission of Pakistan in New Delhi.