New Delhi, July 1 -- India on Wednesday renewed its call for the release and repatriation of 188 Indian fishermen and civil prisoners who have completed their sentences in Pakistan. The country also sought immediate consular access to 13 civil prisoners believed to be Indian, but they have not been provided consular access so far.

This comes as New Delhi and Islamabad exchanged the lists of prisoners in each other's custody under the bilateral Agreement on Consular Access.

According to a press release issued by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), India and Pakistan exchanged, through diplomatic channels simultaneously in New Delhi and Islamabad, the lists of civil prisoners and fishermen in each other's custody.

The exchange is car...