<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Pakistan says it has handed a list of its nuclear installations and facilities to the Indian mission in Islamabad under a decades-old agreement between the two nuclear-armed rivals.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan’s foreign office said in a statement on Sunday that India had simultaneously handed over a list to the Pakistani mission in New Delhi.</div><div><br></div><div>It said lists are exchanged annually on January 1. The practice has been in place since 1992.</div><div><br></div><div>The neighbours have fought three wars and have had a number of military skirmishes in recent years. Last year an Indian missile accidentally landed in Pakistan, setting off alarm bells across the world.</div><div><br></div><div>“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 today [Sunday],” Pakistan’s foreign office said.</div><div><br></div><div>The annual exchanges come at a time diplomatic ties between the two are near non-existent.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>India’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters news agency’s request for comment.</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan first officially tested nuclear weapons in 1998 and has since developed a significant stockpile of nuclear capable missiles, as has India.</div><div><br></div><div>With the help of China, Pakistan has recently increased its use of nuclear energy to meet the rising demand for electricity.</div><div><br></div><div>In a separate statement, Pakistan’s foreign office said the two countries had also exchanged a list of each other’s citizens held in prisons.</div><div><br></div><div>The list included 705 Indian prisoners imprisoned in Pakistan, including 51 civilians and 654 fishermen, the statement said.</div><div><br></div><div>It added that the Indian government also shared with the Pakistani mission in New Delhi a list of 434 Pakistani prisoners in India, including 339 civilians and 95 fishermen.</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan has requested the early release and repatriation of 51 of its civilian prisoners and 94 fishermen who have completed their sentences. A request for special consular access to 56 civil prisoners has also been made.</div><div><br></div><div>Fishermen from each country are often arrested when they stray into the other’s waters. Source: Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>