25-04-2025
From visas to water: India's 7-point action plan against Pak after Pahalgam attack
In the wake of the brutal terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives, India has launched a series of strong diplomatic and strategic countermeasures against Pakistan, which it holds responsible for backing cross-border terrorism. The attack, which targeted tourists in the Baisaran Valley, was later claimed by The Resistance Front - an offshoot of the banned Pakistan-based terror outfit the massacre as a direct assault on India's peace and progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to hunt down and punish every terrorist and their backers. "India will identify, trace and punish every terrorist and their backers. We will pursue them to the ends of the Earth. India's spirit will never be broken by terrorism," the Prime Minister said in a strong message from a high-level review by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) chaired by the Prime Minister, India announced a set of stringent measures in response to the cross-border links of the Waters Treaty suspended
India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 with immediate effect. The government said the suspension will remain until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably ends support for cross-border of integrated check post at AttariadvertisementIndia shut down the Integrated Check Post at Attari, halting bilateral movement. Only those who previously crossed over and have valid endorsements are allowed to return before May visa exemption cancelled for PakistanIndia withdrew the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES) for Pakistani nationals. Existing SVES visas were cancelled, and those in India on SVES were given 48 hours to advisors declared persona non grataThe Defence, Naval, and Air Advisors in the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi have been declared persona non grata and given one week to leave the country. India also announced the withdrawal of its corresponding defence staff from of diplomatic staffThe strength of both Indian and Pakistani High Commissions will be reduced from 55 to 30 by May 1, as part of a reciprocal diplomatic scaling of all visa services for Pakistani nationalsIndia suspended all visa services to Pakistani nationals with immediate effect. All Pakistani nationals were ordered to leave India by April 27, except those with medical visas, who can remain until April down ceremonial display during Retreat Ceremony at AttariThe Border Security Force (BSF) has scaled down its ceremonial Retreat display at Attari, Hussainiwala, and Sadki in Punjab. The symbolic handshake between guards has been suspended, and the gates will remain closed during the ceremony. The BSF said the move reflects India's serious concerns over cross-border hostility and affirms that peace and provocation cannot InMust Watch
