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Under the provisions of the 2008 Agreement on Consular Access, such lists are exchanged every year on January 1 and July 1. India shared lists of 339 Pakistani civilian prisoners and 95 Pakistani fishermen currently in Indian custody. Similarly, Pakistan has shared lists of 51 civilian prisoners and 654 fishermen in its custody, who are Indians or are believed to be Indians.The government has called for early release and repatriation of civilian prisoners, missing Indian defence personnel, and fishermen along with their boats from Pakistan's custody.

The details of nuclear installations were exchanged through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad. The agreement, which was signed on December 31, 1988 and came into force on January 27, 1991, provides that India and Pakistan inform each other of the nuclear installations and facilities to be covered under the agreement on the 1st of January of every calendar year.

In a statement attributed to Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, it was highlighted that Pakistan has a "multi-religious and pluralistic society with a rich tradition of inter-faith harmony", The News reported. Last week, the US added Pakistan, China, Cuba and Nicaragua, among others, to a blacklist -- Countries of Particular Concern from 2021 -- on international religious freedom, opening the path to potential sanctions.

The military's media wing said that the newly-appointed Army chief visited frontline troops in the Rakhchikri Sector along the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday, where he was briefed on the latest situation and operational preparedness of the formation, The News reported.

"This is the reality that there have been mistakes from every institution, including political parties and civil society," Bajwa said at the Defence Day event, Dawn reported. In the final part of his speech, the outgoing COAS said he wanted say a few words on "political matters". The army chief said that armies around the world are seldom criticised "but our army is often subjected to criticism".

Delhi had done with one stroke what seemed impossible to the common Kashmiri. He had prided himself on his special place in the polity of Indian states for over seven decades. While he could buy land and establish business anywhere else in the country, none from other states of India had the privilege of establishing residence or business in J&K.

After talks with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Antony Blinken made the remark at an event commemorating 75 years of relations between the two countries that have ranged from Islamabad joining two military pacts, CENTO and SEATO to betraying Washington by harbouring Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden who waged war on the US.

In a statement, she claimed that the power plant was imported from India under a policy and law formulated during Imran Khan's tenure, Samaa TV reported. "There is a high court order on installation of grid station on July 18, 2022," she said while clarifying the two issues discussed in the audio leak of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Samaa TV reported.

Replying to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's attacks on India at the high-level UN General Assembly meeting on Friday, Vinito disputed his claims about wanting peace with New Delhi pointing out that Islamabad's actions do not match his words.

Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Asim Iftikhar told a press briefing on Thursday that India was once again churning out false and baseless reports about the hydropower project, Dawn reported. He said a fault was detected in the project and is currently undergoing remedial works for which the entity concerned, Gezhouba Group of China, has been contacted. Iftikhar said the group has already attained full mobilisation at the site and at present the work was proceeding smoothly without any interruption and completion of the project was expected in 2023.