- ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday night said
that the top civilian and military leadership will meet on Thursday to
formulate an appropriate response to India's move to suspend the Indus Water
Treaty and downgrade diplomatic ties.
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- India on Wednesday suspended the Indus Water Treaty of
1960 and announced downgrading diplomatic ties with Pakistan, including expulsion
of its military attaches in view of cross-border links to the Pahalgam terror
attack that killed 26 people.
Read: Cross-border links to Pahalgam terror attack: India downgrades diplomatic ties with Pakistan
- "A session of the National Security Committee will
be held under the chair of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif," Asif said in a
statement.
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- He added that decisions will be taken to give "an
appropriate response to the Indian steps".
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- All services chiefs and key cabinet ministers would
attend the meeting.
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- Such meetings are summoned on key occasions when the
issues related to national security are to be discussed.
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- In New Delhi, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) met
Tuesday evening under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
firmed up the responses to the terror attack.
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- The CCS also decided to close the Integrated Check Post
at Attari with immediate effect.
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- Pakistani nationals will not be permitted to travel to
India under the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES) and any such visas issued in
the past to Pakistani nationals are deemed cancelled.
