India, Jan. 1 -- India and Pakistan on Thursday exchanged lists of nuclear installations that cannot be attacked in the event of hostilities and lists of prisoners in each other's custody, against the backdrop of unprecedented strains in bilateral ties after a brief but intense conflict last May.

The lists were exchanged a day after external affairs minister S Jaishankar briefly interacted with Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq in Dhaka, where they were representing their countries at the funeral of former Bangladesh premier Khaleda Zia. This was the first engagement between senior officials of the two sides since last year's four-day conflict triggered by India's military strikes on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan.

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