India wants consular access to Jadhav and Hamid Nehal Ansari

India wants consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav and Hamid Nehal Ansari, who are in custody of Pakistan. The same has been conveyed to Pakistan.

Pakistan and India have exchanges lists of prisoners being held in each other's jails.

Jadhav is currently on death row after a Pakistani military court gave him capital punishment for alleged involvement in espionage. Ansari, who was arrested after he illegally entered Pakistan in 2012 to meet a woman he befriended on social media, was given a three-year prison term by a military court that will end in December.

"We also await consular access to those Indian nationals in Pakistan's custody for whom it has so far not been provided, including Kulbhushan Jadhav and Hamid Nehal Ansari," the external affairs ministry said in a statement.

Both countries exchange lists of prisoners twice a year in line with the agreement on Consular Access signed in May 2008. According to the latest Indian list, there are 250 Pakistani civilians and 94 fishermen in Indian jails.

Pakistan's Foreign Office said in a statement that 457 Indians, including 58 civilians and 399 fishermen, were currently in the country's prisons.

Islamabad also announced it would release 146 Indian fishermen on January 8.