India suspends Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan after Pahalgam terror attack

India has decided to suspend the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with immediate effect until Pakistan “credibly and irrevocably” stops its support for cross-border terrorism, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Wednesday.

The decision by the Cabinet Committee on Security, the highest body on matters of national security, came a day after the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam that killed 26 persons and left 17 others injured.

New Delhi said on Wednesday that the Attari-Wagah border checkpost will to be closed with immediate effect.

Pakistani citizens will not be permitted to travel to India under the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme. Any SVES visas issued in the past to Pakistani citizens will be deemed cancelled and Pakistani national in India under the SVES visa have 48 hours to leave the country, the ministry said.

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, a regional bloc, comprises India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri also announced on Wednesday that India was declaring the Pakistani defence, military, naval and air advisers in New Delhi as persona non-grata. The Pakistani officer were ordered to leave India within a week.

In diplomatic parlance, a persona non-grata is a foreign diplomat or staff who is deemed unwelcome by the host country.

New Delhi said it...

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