Pakistan

Pakistan, India swap lists of nuclear sites

ByHarper Smith January 1, 2025

Pakistan handed over list of nuclear installations to Indian representative in Islamabad, says FO

Pakistani Rangers (wearing black uniforms) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officers lower their national flags during parade on the Pakistans 72nd Independence Day, at the Pakistan-India joint check-post at Wagah border on August 14, 2019. — Reuters — Pakistani Rangers (wearing black uniforms) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officers lower their national flags during parade on the Pakistan’s 72nd Independence Day, at the Pakistan-India joint check-post at Wagah border on August 14, 2019. — Reuters

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India exchanged the lists of their respective nuclear installations and facilities, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday.

This annual exchange was carried out under the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pakistan and India, the FO statement added.

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.

Simultaneously, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs handed over the list of India’s nuclear installations and facilities to a representative of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.

“Signed on December31, 1988, the agreement, inter alia, provides that both countries shall inform each other of their nuclear installations and facilities, falling within its definition, on 1st January of each calendar year,” said FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch.

As the agreement between Pakistan and India entered into force on January 27, 1991, the two countries have been exchanging the lists since January 1st, 1992, she added.