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Pakistan and India exchanged on Saturday the list of prisoners in each other’s custody, consistent with the provisions of the 2008 Agreement on Consular Access.
The two countries exchange the lists of prisoners in each other’s custody on January 1 and July 1 yearly.
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Exchange of Lists of Prisoners between Pakistan and India
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MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) July 1, 2023
In a press release today, the Foreign Office (FO) said that Pakistan handed over a list of 308 Indian prisoners in Pakistan. The prisoners include 42 civilians and 266 fishermen to the High Commission of India in Islamabad.
In reciprocation, the Indian government handed over a list of Pakistani prisoners incarcerated in Indian jails to the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi. The list accounted for a total of 417 Pakistanis, including 343 civilian prisoners and 74 fishermen.
In January, Pakistan had requested for early release and repatriation of its 51 civilian prisoners and 94 fishermen, who have completed their respective sentence and their national status stands confirmed.
