Pahalgam Tensions: Hours after New Delhi introduced on Saturday that vessels flying the Pakistani flag could be barred from docking at Indian ports, Pakistan responded by banning Indian-flagged ships from accessing its ports. The transfer adopted the lethal Pahalgam terror assault that claimed 26 lives.
Islamabad additionally barred Pakistani flag carriers from visiting any Indian port.
“In view of the latest growth of maritime state of affairs with neighbouring nation, Pakistan with a view to safeguard maritime sovereignty, financial curiosity and nationwide safety enforces following measures with rapid impact: Indian flag carriers shall not be allowed to go to any Pakistani port, Pakistani flag carriers shall not go to any Indian port [and] any exemption or dispensation shall be examined and selected case to case foundation,” Daybreak quoted an order from Pakistan’s Ministry of Maritime Affairs’ Ports and Delivery Wing.
India’s Punitive Measures In opposition to Pakistan
India introduced a collection of punitive measures in opposition to the neighbouring nation, together with a ban on the import of products from Pakistan.
“Direct or oblique Import or transit of all items originating in or exported from Pakistan, whether or not or not freely importable or in any other case permitted, shall be prohibited with rapid impact,” the Ministry of Commerce and Business had mentioned in a press release.
In one other transfer, as per a discover from the Ministry of Communications, the federal government of India suspended the change of all classes of inbound mail and parcels from Pakistan by way of air and floor routes.
After the phobia assault of April 22 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, India downgraded its diplomatic ties with Pakistan and suspended the Indus Water Treaty of 1960.
Based on stories, on Saturday, Pakistan additionally carried out a take a look at launch of the Abdali surface-to-surface ballistic missile, which has a spread of 450 kilometres.
The Central Reserve Police Drive (CRPF) dismissed a jawan from service for concealing his marriage to a Pakistani nationwide and “knowingly harbouring her past the validity of her visa”, as per ANI.