After Pahalgam Terror Attack, Pakistan Issues Fresh Notice Of Missile Test Off Its Karachi Coast; Indian Agencies On Alert

In a crisp escalation of tensions pursuing nan Pahalgam panic onslaught that claimed 26 lives, Pakistan has notified a surface-to-surface rocket trial successful nan Arabian Sea adjacent Karachi, moreover arsenic India imposed sweeping negotiated and treaty-level penalties.

According to ANI, nan rocket trial is scheduled for April 24–25 on Pakistan’s coastline wrong its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Indian defence agencies are intimately monitoring nan development. “Pakistan has issued a notification to transportation retired a surface-to-surface rocket trial disconnected its Karachi coast... Indian agencies concerned are keeping a adjacent watch connected each nan developments,” defence sources told ANI.

This notification came wrong 48 hours of India taking awesome negotiated and policy-level decisions, including suspending nan Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, revoking each SAARC visa exemptions for Pakistani nationals, and shutting down nan Attari integrated checkpost.

The moves were finalised astatine a Cabinet Committee connected Security (CCS) gathering chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In its statement, nan Ministry of External Affairs declared nan pact suspension would stay successful effect “until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism.”

India has also:

• Declared each Pakistani Defence, Naval, and Air Advisors posted successful New Delhi arsenic persona non grata, giving them a week to time off nan country.

• Cancelled each Special Permission to Enter SAARC (SPES) visas issued to Pakistani nationals.

• Ordered immoderate Pakistani presently successful India nether specified visas to time off wrong 48 hours.

• Announced it would retreat its ain subject advisors from nan Indian High Commission successful Islamabad.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri stated, “Recognising nan seriousness of this violent attack, nan Cabinet Committee connected Security (CCS) decided upon nan pursuing measures... Those who sponsored nan enactment will beryllium held accountable.”

The negotiated backlash follows nan April 22 massacre successful Pahalgam’s Baisaran Valley, wherever heavy equipped militants from The Resistance Front (TRF) opened occurrence connected tourists, leaving dozens dormant and galore injured. India believes nan onslaught was timed to disrupt nan antiauthoritarian process successful Jammu and Kashmir and was straight linked to panic infrastructure crossed nan border.

In parallel, nan Indian authorities has scheduled an all-party gathering astatine 6 p.m. connected Thursday astatine nan Parliament Annexe, wherever Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will little governmental leaders. Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju person been reaching retired to statement representatives, while elder ministers person held soul strategy sessions to measure nan broader nationalist information posture.

Published on: Apr 24, 2025 11:01 AM IST