Pakistan responded with Tit-for-Tat measures against India as tensions surged after the radical attacks in India-controlled Kashmir, which killed 26 tourists.
Islamabad immediately suspended all visas issued to Indian citizens under the exemption scheme, expelled some of their neighbours’ diplomats and closed airspace to Indian flights.
Indian police have nominated three of the four suspicious gunmen behind the attack, two of whom are Pakistani citizens and the third is a local Kashmiri. Pakistan has denied that India claimed it had a role in the shootings.
A group of gunmen were seen in tourists near Pahargam, a contested Himalayas-regional resort, in the attack on Tuesday.
Police in Kashmir, managed by India, say all three suspects named are members of Pakistan-based extremist group Rashkar Etaiba (let). No one commented on the allegations.
A statement from Pakistan’s National Security Committee has distraught attempts to link the Pahargam attack with Pakistan.
Early Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed, “India will identify, track and punish all terrorists and their supporters, and we will pursue them to the edge of the earth.”
He said, “The terrorists behind the murders, along with their supporters, will receive greater punishment than they can imagine.”
“Our enemy is dare to attack the soul of the nation… the Indian spirit will never be broken by terrorism.”
On Wednesday evening, Delhi announced the ra diplomatic measures against Islamabad in light of the killing of Kashmir.
India has also cancelled visa services to Pakistani citizens “instantly and effectively.”
In its response, Pakistan also added that halting India’s water treaty – a six-year-old water sharing treaty between neighbors – attempts to stop or divert water are “considered an act of war.”
The country has closed airspace to all India-owned or Indian-style airlines and has halted all trade with India.
It also reduced the number of diplomats for the Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad to 30 and called on Indian defense, navy and aviation advisors to leave Pakistan by April 30.
Police sources told BBC News that around 1,500 people across Kashmir have been detained for questioning in connection with the attack.
Schools, businesses and shops are reopening after closing the area after the shooting.
Police provided a reward of 2m Rs. [$23,000; £17,600] For those who provide information about the attacker.
Visitors from various states of India have been killed, while others have been seriously injured in one of the deadliest attacks in the region in recent years.
The honeymoon Indian naval officer, the only earner of his family, the tourist guide, and a businessman who took a vacation with his wife and children, was among the victims.
All-Participation meetings in Jammu and Kashmir expressed deep shock and anguish in what was called “wild attacks.”
The bodies of the victims, arriving in their hometowns around India, have been told emotional farewells by their family and loved ones.
Meanwhile, the report comes from parts of India of Kashmiri students facing harassment in the aftermath of the murders.
A spokesman for Prime Minister Omar Abdullah’s National Congress Party said there are several videos showing harassed students circulating online at universities and elsewhere.
Nasir Khwehami, head of the Jammu and Kashmir Student Association, shared a video of a right-wing Hindu group of people threatening to physically attack Kashmiri Muslim students in northern Uttarakhand, ensuring they would leave.
The BBC was unable to independently verify any of these clips.
