Pahalgam terror attack live updates: Indian Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi will review security arrangements in Kashmir and visit the site of the deadly terrorist attack on tourists.
Pahalgam attack live updates: The Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Friday arrived in Srinagar to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir following the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists. Dwivedi will review security arrangements and visit the site of the Pahalgam attack.
Earlier, the government held an all-party meeting to brief its allies and the opposition about the actions being taken after the Pahalgam terror attack terrorists in which 26 people were killed. After the meeting, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, declared that the government has the opposition’s full support “to take any action”.
Leaders across party lines called for decisive action against terrorism and terror camps, even as some opposition parties flagged security lapses in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said everyone agreed that India should fight terror unitedly, and all parties said they are with the government in this fight.
Meanwhile, Pakistan on Thursday said it was suspending all trade with India, including through third countries, a move officials and industry analysts said was unlikely to have a material impact on New Delhi.
Pakistan also expelled Indian diplomats from Islamabad and closed its airspace to Indian-owned and Indian-operated airlines. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took the decisions at a national security committee meeting on Thursday, which included the nation’s top civilian and military leadership.
Pahalgam terror attack: Top developments
- On Wednesday, India announced a raft of measures against Pakistan, including the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. The Indian government said it will remain suspended unless Pakistan credibly and irrevocably stops support for cross-border terrorism.
- India on Wednesday also announced expelling Pakistan’s three military attaches and directed Islamabad to downsize the staff strength at its high commission in New Delhi from 55 to 30.
- Pakistani nationals will not be permitted to travel to India under the SAARC visa exemption scheme (SVES), and any Pakistani national currently in India under the SVES visa has 48 hours to leave India.
- India decided to close the Integrated Check Post at Attari with immediate effect.
- On Thursday, India announced it was suspending visa services to Pakistani nationals with immediate effect.
- Pakistan on Thursday announced the immediate closure of its airspace to all Indian-owned and Indian-operated airlines, reported Reuters.
- India on Thursday officially informed Pakistan about its decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance with immediate effect.
- The United Nations on Friday urged India and Pakistan to exercise “maximum restraint” to prevent further deterioration of the tense situation in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.
