Efforts to link Pakistan to Pahalgam attack 'without any credible investigation and proven facts' are futile and irrational'
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Pakistan has responded to the retaliatory steps taken by India after the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement issued by the office of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after the National Security Committee meeting, Pakistan has suspended trade, air flights and all bilateral agreements with India.
India has denied suspending the Indus Water Treaty, warning that any attempt to stop or divert the water would be "considered an act of war and will be responded to with full national force". "Pakistan and its armed forces are fully capable and ready to defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity," the statement said.
India has strongly criticized Pakistan for taking five-point diplomatic steps on Wednesday, claiming that it was involved in the terror attack. Pakistan says the Indian decision is "unilateral, unjust, politically motivated, highly irresponsible and without legal merit".
In a statement issued by Prime Minister Sharif's office, India's attempt to link the Pahalgam attack to Pakistan "without any credible investigation and proven facts" is mentioned as "futile, irrational and defeated mentality".
In response to India's move, Pakistan has also suspended all visas issued to Indian citizens under the SAARC Visa Waiver Scheme. The number of diplomats in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad has been reduced to 30. Similarly, the Indian Defense, Naval and Air Advisers have been ordered to leave Pakistan before April 30.
Pakistan has also closed its airspace to all Indian-owned or Indian-operated airlines and suspended all trade with India .
After the Pahalgam incident, India ordered the defense, military, navy and air force diplomats of the Pakistani embassy in New Delhi to leave the country within 7 days. Similarly, it also decided to recall its defense, navy and air force advisers in the Indian Embassy in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.
The Security Affairs Committee meeting of the Council of Ministers chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday decided to suspend the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan. The Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan in 1960 is seen as a successful international treaty. Even when there were repeated wars between the two countries, the said treaty was not affected .
The visa exemption scheme that Pakistani citizens are getting as a member of the SAARC nation was also stopped . Pakistani citizens in India were asked to leave India within 48 hours under the SAARC visa exemption.
