India, Pakistan exchange lists of prisoners
Pakistan handed over a list of 308 Indian prisoners, including 266 fishermen and 42 other civilians lodged in its jails, to the High Commission of India on Saturday, Foreign Office said in a statement.
Indian government also shared a list of 417 Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails with the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, including 74 fishermen and 343 other civilians.
India and Pakistan swapped lists of their nationals in each other's custody as part of a bilateral agreement.
'The Government of India has been urged to release and repatriate all those Pakistani civilian prisoners and fishermen, who have completed their respective sentence and their national status stands confirmed,' the statement said.
India and Pakistan exchange the lists of prisoners in each other's custody on January 1 and July 1, every year. The exchange takes place in pursuance of the Agreement on Consular Access, signed on May 21, 2008.
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