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It also said that all existing valid visas issued by India to Pakistani nationals stand revoked with effect from April 27, 2025. Read further on Dynamite News
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New Delhi: Continuing its strong action against Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, India today decided to suspend visa services to Pakistani nationals with immediate effect, reports Dynamite News correspondent.
It also said that all existing valid visas issued by India to Pakistani nationals stand revoked with effect from April 27, 2025.
Medical visas issued to Pakistani nationals will be valid only till April 29, 2025.
All Pakistani nationals currently in India must leave India before the expiry of visas, as now amended.
Indian nationals are strongly advised to avoid travelling to Pakistan. Those Indian nationals currently in Pakistan are also advised to return to India at the earliest, it said.
India on Wednesday downgraded its diplomatic ties with Pakistan, and announced it was suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, shutting down the Attari land border check post, and banning the entry of Pakistani nationals under the Saarc Visa programme.
India also asked the defence advisors in the Pakistan High Commission to leave immediately, after terming them Persona Non Grata, and slashed the number of mission staff to 30 from 55.
Pahalgam Attack
Twenty-six people, mostly tourists, were gunned down by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.
On Wednesday, India took five punitive actions against Pakistan, including putting in abeyance the Indus Waters Treaty, closing the integrated check post at the Attari border and cutting down the overall strength of the high commissions.
The decisions were taken by the Cabinet Committee on Security in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Pakistan Response
Pakistan also reacted to India's measures on Thursday, making two major announcements, among others. A statement by the Pakistan government said it "shall exercise the right" to put all bilateral agreements - including the key Simla agreement - on hold. Pakistan's airspace will also be closed for all Indian airlines with immediate effect.
After a meeting of the National Security Committee chaired by its Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan also said, "Any attempt to stop or divert the flow of water belonging to Pakistan as per the Indus Waters Treaty... will be considered as an Act of War and responded with full force across the complete spectrum of National Power."
