In a retaliatory transfer, Pakistan Saturday imposed a ban on Indian-flagged ships from coming into its ports, information company PTI reported. This comes a day after New Delhi imposed a ban on the import of products from Pakistan and barred entry of its vessels into Indian ports.
The ban comes into impact instantly amid heightened tensions between the 2 nations following the Pahalgam terror assault on April 22 that claimed the lives of 26 individuals, principally vacationers.
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs, in a notification, mentioned that it took the step of banning the Indian ships within the context of the present scenario, conserving in thoughts maritime sovereignty, financial pursuits and nationwide safety. “Indian-flagged ships is not going to be allowed to succeed in any Pakistani port. Equally, Pakistani-flagged ships is not going to go to any Indian port,” the ministry acknowledged, as per the PTI report.
Earlier on Saturday, India imposed a ban on the import of products coming from or transiting by way of Pakistan in addition to the entry of ships bearing the flag of Pakistan into its ports. It additionally barred Indian-flagged vessel from visiting any ports in Pakistan.
India additionally halted the trade of mail and parcels with Pakistan, by way of each air and land routes, because it imposed contemporary punitive measures on Islamabad on Saturday.
The primary set of measures included suspension of the Indus Water Treaty, scrapping of all visas, and sending again all Pakistan nationals (aside from those with long-term visas) amongst others. India additionally diminished the energy of the Pakistan Excessive Fee by nearly half, closed the Attari-Wagah border, and despatched again defence officers within the Pakistan mission. About 16 Pakistani information YouTube channels have additionally been banned.
In the meantime, the Pakistan Military examined its surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a 450-km vary on Saturday. The missile, often known as the Abdali Weapon System, was examined as a part of its army drill “Train Indus.” An official in Delhi known as it a “reckless act of provocation and a harmful escalation by Pakistan in its hostile marketing campaign in opposition to India.”
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