Thursday, March 28, 2024
ADVT 
International

Pakistan Expels Indian Envoy, To Suspend Trade With India

Darpan News Desk IANS, 07 Aug, 2019 07:06 PM

    Pakistan's top civil and military leadership on Wednesday decided to downgrade diplomatic relations, expel the Indian High Commissioner and suspend bilateral trade with India in the wake of New Delhi's move of revoking special status for Jammu and Kashmir.


    The decision was taken at a second session of National Security Committee (NSC) within a week presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan to review the situation following the Indian government's move on Kashmir.


    "Our ambassadors will no longer be in New Delhi and their counterparts here will also be sent back," Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told ARY News.


    According to a statement issued after the meeting, the NSC decided to downgrade diplomatic relations, suspend bilateral trade with India, review of bilateral arrangements, take the matter to the UN and observe Pakistan's Independence Day on August 14 in solidarity with Kashmiris.


    "The Prime Minister directed that all diplomatic channels be activated to expose brutal Indian racist regime, design and human rights violations," said the statement issued after the meeting.


    The meeting was attended by Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Hayat, Army Chief General Qamar Bajwa, Naval Chief Admiral Zafar Mehmood Abbasi, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, ISI Director-General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and other officials.


    "Independence Day this August 14 to be observed in solidarity with brave Kashmiris and their just struggle for their right of self-determination," the statement read. "August 15 will be observed as Black Day," it added.


    On Tuesday, Imran Khan, addressing a joint session of the National Assembly, had said that Pulwama-like attacks can follow the revocation of the special status for Jammu and Kashmir, which can lead to a war between India and Pakistan.


    "I can already predict this will happen. They will attempt to place the blame on us again. They may strike us again, and we will strike back," the cricketer-turned-politician told his country's Parliament.


    Slamming the repeal of special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Khan had called on the world to raise its voice "for the people of Indian-Administered Kashmir".


    The last NSC meeting was held on August 4 to discuss India's "use of cluster ammunition to target the civilian population on the Pakistani side of Kashmir".


    Resolution of the Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan on the Illegal Actions taken by the Indian Government regarding Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir

    MORE International ARTICLES

    After Govt's Kashmir Move, Pakistan Expels Indian Envoy, Downgrades Diplomatic Ties, Suspends Trade With India

    The decision was taken at a meeting of National Security Committee (NSC) - the second within a week - presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan to review the situation following the Indian government's move on Kashmir.

    After Govt's Kashmir Move, Pakistan Expels Indian Envoy, Downgrades Diplomatic Ties, Suspends Trade With India

    PICS: Rajkummar Rao, Patralekha 'Bump' Into Rishi Kapoor In New York

    Actors Rajkummar Rao and Patralekha bumped into veteran actors Neetu Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor, who is undergoing medical treatment here.

    PICS: Rajkummar Rao, Patralekha 'Bump' Into Rishi Kapoor In New York

    Revocation Of Article 370 Could Trigger India-Pak War: Imran Khan

    India maintains that Jammu and Kashmir is its integral part and it includes Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

    Revocation Of Article 370 Could Trigger India-Pak War: Imran Khan

    Indian-Americans Urge Trump To ‘Fully Support’ India On Kashmir

    Indian-Americans Urge Trump To ‘Fully Support’ India On Kashmir
    The Indian government abolished Article 370 and moved a separate bill to split the state into two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

    Indian-Americans Urge Trump To ‘Fully Support’ India On Kashmir

    From Robbery To Punching A Policeman, Indian Sentenced To Jail In Singapore

    From Robbery To Punching A Policeman, Indian Sentenced To Jail In Singapore
    An Indian national was sentenced on Tuesday to three years and seven months' jail, as well as 15 strokes of the cane for various offences ranging from robbery to punching a policeman, according to a media report.

    From Robbery To Punching A Policeman, Indian Sentenced To Jail In Singapore

    Indian Convicted Of Molesting Air Stewardess On Chennai-Singapore Flight

    Vijayan Mathan Gopal, who is a Singapore permanent resident, was on the Scoot flight from Cochin, India, on November 2, 2017, reports Channel News Asia.

    Indian Convicted Of Molesting Air Stewardess On Chennai-Singapore Flight

    PrevNext