India on Wednesday accuses Pakistan of 26 deaths in the Pahalgam incident, and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has called for a meeting of the National Security Committee today to respond to other measures, including suspending the Sindh Tas Treaty.
The top civil and military leadership will attend the meeting and the situation arising after the attack on tourists in Pahalgam will be reviewed.
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Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Masri said at a press conference yesterday that in addition to the suspension of the Indus Water Agreement, Pakistanis will not be allowed to travel to India under the SAARC visa agreement and those who have been issued visas under this agreement have been canceled in the past.
If a Pakistani is currently in India on a visa obtained under this agreement, they have 48 hours to leave India.
He said that the advisers of the Pakistani Embassy in Delhi, the military, the Navy and the Air Force, have been declared ‘unwanted personalities’, they have a week to leave India and India is also returning to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, with its defense, military, navy and airspace.
India made this announcement made this announcement after the death of 26 people in the Indian -administered Kashmir tourist destination Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, which has been charged by India for the first time since the incident.
Meeting of National Security Committee in Pakistan
Following the announcement of the suspension of India’s Indus Treaty, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said in a message on X, “The National Security Committee meeting has been convened on Thursday, April 24, 2025, to respond to the Indian government’s statement this evening.”
Pakistani politicians and analysts opinion on Indian announcement
Former Pakistani Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry told the media after announcing India’s accusation of the Pahalgam incident, suspending the Sindh Tas Treaty and imposing travel restrictions, saying that reducing the number of diplomats does not matter because there is no negotiation with India. Yes, if India leads to war or attack on Pakistan, then the matter may be serious. ‘
Senator Sherry Rehman, who belongs to the Pakistan People’s Party, said, “The Sindh Tas Treaty is not suspended in the war, water is not even closed in the war but it seems that India is taking the matter to the brink.”
Former Ambassador Abdul Basit, who has been Pakistan’s ambassador to India, said that since Pakistan’s relations with Bangladesh are improving, India had to make this conspiracy, so much so much intelligence and eight million troops in ‘occupied Kashmir’, India could not stop any attack.
“Because they (India) can invade Pakistan, we need to be alert because attacking Pakistan is part of Indian politics,” he said.
The death of 26 people in Pahalgam
On Tuesday, April 22 in Indian -administered Kashmir, 26 people were killed in firing on tourists in Pahalgam, a tourist destination.
Indian officials say it is the worst attack in the controversial region of Kashmir in many years.
