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The lists were exchanged as tensions between the two countries grew over the Kashmir issue and cross-border terrorism.

Pakistan and India exchanged a list of nuclear installations that cannot be struck in the event of escalation in hostilities on Saturday, as part of an annual ritual that the two neighbors have followed for more than three decades, according to a Foreign Office statement.

According to the report, the two countries also swapped lists of inmates incarcerated in each other's prisons, including civilians, military personnel, and fishermen.

The nuclear installation and facility lists were exchanged in accordance with Article II of the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attacks on Nuclear Installations and Facilities, which was signed on December 31, 1988, and ratified on January 27, 1991.

Both countries are required to notify each other about nuclear plants under this agreement.

Since January 1, 1992, this practice of exchanging lists has persisted.

The lists were exchanged as tensions between the two countries grew over the Kashmir issue and cross-border terrorism.

The list of nuclear installations and facilities in Pakistan was officially handed over to an Indian High Commission representative at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday at 1030 a.m. PST.

According to a Pakistan Foreign Office statement, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi handed their list of nuclear installations and facilities to a representative of the Pakistan High Commission at 1100 hours IST.

In a similar exchange, Pakistan handed a list of 628 Indian inmates in Pakistan with the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, including 51 civilians and 577 fishermen.

The Indian government also submitted a list of 355 Pakistani captives in India, including 282 civilians and 73 fishermen, with Pakistan's High Commission in New Delhi, according to the statement.

The rules of the Agreement on Consular Access, agreed in May 2008, allow for the sharing of these lists.

The two countries are required to exchange detailed lists on January 1 and July 1 of each year under this agreement.

"This action is consistent with clause I of the Consular Access Agreement between Pakistan and India, signed on May 21, 2008, which requires both nations to exchange lists of inmates in their custody twice a year, on January 1 and July 1," according to the Foreign Office. PTI SH VM AKJ