ISLAMABAD, May 30: Pakistan and India exchanged lists of people wanted for their involvement in different crimes as they opened their two-day secretary-level talks on Tuesday. Official sources said the exchange of lists was not on the agenda of the meeting which is to tackle issues of human smuggling, exchange of civilian prisoners, narcotics and terrorism.

Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah and his Indian counterpart V.K. Duggal swapped the lists on the sidelines of the meeting.

Pakistan seeks custody of 58 accused, including most wanted criminal Javed Langra, believed to be hiding in India.

The Indian list comprises 38 men, including Hafiz Saeed, Azhar Masood and Dawood Ibrahim.

During the four-hour meeting, the two sides also discussed the issue of an extradition treaty.

The Indian home secretary also sought extradition of five hijackers of India’s IC-814 plane which was hijacked from Nepal and taken to Kandahar in December 1999.

India claims that Pakistani nationals — Mohammad Ibrahim Athar Alvi, Zahoor Ibrahim Mistri, Shahid Akhtar Sayed, Shakir Mohammad and Azhar Yusuf — were involved in the hijacking.

The sources said Pakistan rejected India’s claim that Dawood Ibrahim was living in Karachi. Pakistani authorities conveyed to the Indians that they had no information on Dawood’s whereabouts.

The Indian delegation was told that Pakistan itself had been a victim of terrorism for playing the role of a frontline state in anti-terror war.

Pakistan also rejected the Indian allegation that it was involved in cross-border terrorism. Referring to Indian consulates in Afghanistan, Pakistan said that Indians there were involved in abetting and spreading terrorism in Balochistan.

The two sides agreed to provide counsellor access to prisoners within three months from the date of their arrest. It was decided that in future such arrests would be notified soon by both the countries.

Pakistan demanded counsellor access to all its civilians in Indian custody.

According to the sources, there are 472 Pakistani prisoners, apart from 59 fishermen, languishing in Indian jails. Out of the 472 prisoners, 147 do not have counsellor access.

The Indian home secretary demanded counsellor access to all Indian prisoners in Pakistani jails.

There are 109 Indian civilian prisoners and 505 fishermen in Pakistani jails.

The two sides reviewed progress on their discussion for narcotics control.

They discussed the possibility of cooperation in police training and crime investigation.

An official said that a joint statement would be signed at the end of talks on Wednesday.