KEY POINTS
- Pakistan handed over a list of 257 Indian prisoners to Indian High Commission.
- The exchange is conducted under the Agreement on Consular Access 2008.
- Both countries exchanged official lists of their nuclear installations and facilities.
- This is done under the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities
- Pakistan National Assembly Speaker and Indian Foreign Minister met briefly in Dhaka.
- This was the first high-level interaction since the May military confrontation.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India exchanged the lists of prisoners in each other’s custody along with the lists of their respective nuclear installations and facilities in custody through diplomatic channels, the Foreign Office said in a statement on Thursday.
The exchange of lists took place in pursuance of the Agreement on Consular Access, 2008. The agreement requires both sides to share the lists of prisoners in each other’s custody on January 1 and July 1, every year.
“The Government of Pakistan today handed over a list of 257 Indian prisoners (58 civil+ 199 fishermen) in Pakistan to the High Commission of India in Islamabad,” the statement said.
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Exchange of List of Prisoners between India and Pakistan https://t.co/dE1Gmg4Ftg pic.twitter.com/2bAORU0XGq
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) January 1, 2026
The Indian Government will also share the list of Pakistani prisoners with the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, added the statement.
Annual exchange of nuclear installations list
Meanwhile, the two countries also exchanged the lists of their respective nuclear installations and facilities, in pursuance of the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities.
“Accordingly, the list of nuclear installations and facilities in Pakistan was officially handed over to a representative of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” a Foreign Office statement said.
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🔗⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Uxyf75gvfr— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) January 1, 2026
Simultaneously, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs handed over the list of India’s nuclear installations and facilities to a representative of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.
Since the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks on Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pakistan and India went into effect on January 27, 1991, the two countries have been exchanging lists every year since January 1, 1992.
It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar briefly interacted and exchanged greetings in Dhaka on Wednesday, marking the first high-level interaction between the two countries since their military confrontation in May.
According to a press release issued by the National Assembly, Jaishankar personally approached the Speaker of the National Assembly, introduced himself during a handshake, and noted that he was familiar with the Speaker.
Pakistan has consistently emphasised dialogue, restraint, and cooperative measures, including proposals for peace talks and joint investigations into the alleged False Flag Pahalgam incident in Indian Illegal Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, in order to prevent unprovoked aggression and escalation.
