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India and Pakistan shared with each other the list of their nuclear installations on Wednesday, January 1. A nuclear installation is a place where nuclear weapons are kept. This tradition has been going on under an agreement since 1991. India and Pakistan exchanged the list through diplomatic channels in New Delhi and Islamabad.
Along with this, India and Pakistan also gave information to each other about prisoners and fishermen. These lists are shared every year on January 1 and July 1 under the Bilateral Agreement on Consular Access signed in 2008.
An agreement was signed between the two countries on 31 December 1988. It was decided in the agreement that India and Pakistan would share the list of their nuclear establishments with each other on January 1 every year. It was also decided that both the countries would not attack each other’s nuclear facilities.
This agreement came into force on 27 January 1991. For the first time on January 1, 1992, both the countries shared this information. Since then this information is shared every year on January 1. This was the 34th time the information was shared.
How many nuclear weapons do India and Pakistan have?
There is no official data on this, but data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute shows that India had 172 nuclear weapons by June 2024. Pakistan is almost equal to India in this matter. It has 170 nuclear weapons.
India handed over the list of 381 prisoners to Pakistan
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, India has given the list of 381 Pakistani civilian prisoners and 81 fishermen to Pakistan. At the same time, Pakistan has shared the list of 49 Indian civilian prisoners and 217 fishermen. India has demanded Pakistan to immediately release 183 Indian prisoners and fishermen who have completed their sentences and repatriate them along with their boats.
Also, India has urged Pakistan to grant consular access to 18 Indian nationals and fishermen, who have not been granted this facility till now. Apart from this, India has appealed to ensure the safety of Indian prisoners and fishermen present in Pakistan.
Asked to speed up citizenship confirmation
India has asked Pakistan to expedite the process of verifying the citizenship of 76 Pakistani civilian prisoners and fishermen. Since 2014, 2,639 Indian fishermen and 71 Indian civilian prisoners have been released from Pakistan. Of these, 478 fishermen and 13 civilian prisoners have been released since 2023.
