Pakistan shares with India list of nuclear establishments

Islamabad, Jan 1 Pakistan Tuesday imparted to India a list of its nuclear installations and offices according to the arrangements of a bilateral agreement.

The list was handed over as per Article-II of the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities among Pakistan and India, marked on December 31, 1988, the Foreign Office (FO) said in an announcement here.

"The list of nuclear installations and offices in Pakistan was formally given over to a delegate of the Indian High Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, at 1000 hrs (local time)," it said.

Service of External Affairs in New Delhi gave over the rundown of Indian Nuclear Installations and Facilities to a delegate of the High Commission of Pakistan at 1030 hrs (local time), the FO said.

The agreement, which was signed on December 31, 1988 and went into power on January 27, 1991, provides, inter alia, that the two nations educate each other of nuclear installations and facilities to be covered under the agreement on the first of January of every calendar year.

"This has been done consecutively since January 1, 1992," the FO said.

The act of trading arrangements of lists of nuclear installation has endured despite many low in bilateral ties.