Pakistan and India Conduct Annual Exchange of Lists of Nuclear Assets under Bilateral Pact

Condensation trails from the airplanes are seen in the sky in Islamabad on January 1, 2025. (AFP)
Condensation trails from the airplanes are seen in the sky in Islamabad on January 1, 2025. (AFP)
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Pakistan and India Conduct Annual Exchange of Lists of Nuclear Assets under Bilateral Pact

Condensation trails from the airplanes are seen in the sky in Islamabad on January 1, 2025. (AFP)
Condensation trails from the airplanes are seen in the sky in Islamabad on January 1, 2025. (AFP)

Pakistan and India on Wednesday exchanged lists of their nuclear assets as part of a bilateral pact that bars them from attacking each other’s nuclear facilities.

The two sides exchange such lists on the first day of January every year.

In a statement on Wednesday, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the lists were simultaneously handed over through their respective diplomats in Islamabad and New Delhi.

The exchange is part of the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations and Facilities pact, which was signed by the two countries in December 1988. It was implemented in January 1991.

Pakistan and India have had strained relations since their independence from colonial British rule in 1947 over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. They have fought three wars, built up their armies and developed nuclear weapons.

India conducted its first nuclear test in 1974, with Pakistan carrying out its first test in 1988.



Russia Says It Captures Kurakhove in Eastern Ukraine

Residents and bomb squad members stand in front of a house destroyed by yesterday's Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka
Residents and bomb squad members stand in front of a house destroyed by yesterday's Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka
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Russia Says It Captures Kurakhove in Eastern Ukraine

Residents and bomb squad members stand in front of a house destroyed by yesterday's Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka
Residents and bomb squad members stand in front of a house destroyed by yesterday's Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka

Russian forces have seized control of Kurakhove, a town in Ukraine's Donetsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
Gaining control over Kurakhove "has significantly hampered the logistics and technical support" of Ukrainian troops, the ministry said.
Kurakhove lies 32 km (20 miles) south of Pokrovsk, an important Ukrainian logistics hub towards which Russia has been advancing for months.