Pahalgam terrorist attack: Union government calls emergency all party meeting today

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New Delhi: In wake of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam of Jammu and Kashmir, the Union government has called for an  emergency all party meeting on Thursday.  The meeting is expected to begin at 6 pm in the Parliament Annexe.

According to reports, on the ill-fated day of April 22 as many as 26 tourists lost their lives and several others were injured in the ‘Mini Switzerland’ or the Baisaran valley in Pahalgam. The Resistance Front (TRF), an alleged proxy of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to chair the meeting. The all party meeting shall have one member from each party. It is worth mentioning here that following the attack, India has taken strong counter-measures against Pakistan for its support to cross-border terrorism.

In the CCS meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah, India decided to hold Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism.

India has also decided to close the integrated Attari Check Post with immediate effect. Further the country has decided to cancel any visas provided SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES) and ordered Pakistan to leave the country within 48 hours.

India declared Defence/Military, Naval and Air Advisors in the Pakistani High Commission as Persona Non Grata and ordered to leave India within a week.

As a security measure, India has decided to withdraw its own Defence/Navy/Air Advisors from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. These posts in the respective High Commissions are deemed annulled. Five support staff of the Service Advisors will also be withdrawn from both High Commissions.

The overall strength of the high commissions will be brought down to 30 from the present 55 through further reductions, to be effective by May 1, 2025. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced the decisions in a press briefing on Wednesday after the CEC meeting.

(With Inputs From: ANI)

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