Pakistan shuts ports for Indian ships
According to Shipping Order No. 001/2025 issued in Karachi, the ban will remain in place until further notice. The directive also prohibits Pakistani-flagged vessels from visiting Indian ports.
The notification states that any requests for exemptions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis after thorough review and assessment.
The Ministry clarified that the decision has been taken to ensure national and maritime security, sovereignty, and to protect Pakistan’s economic interests.
It is pertinent to mention here that tensions have escalated between Pakistan and India after the latter’s baseless allegations against Pakistan following the Pahalgam attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), which killed 26 persons, the majority of whom were tourists.
Without providing any proof, India accused Pakistan of the attack shortly after it happened.
India’s foreign ministry had announced to hold the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in abeyance and close the Attari and Wagah borders. Pakistani nationals will no longer be able to travel to India under the SAARC visa exemption.
The Indian foreign ministry also announced to India recall all its defense attachés from Islamabad.
In a befitting response, Pakistan rejected the Indian announcement to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and closed its airspace to Indian flights.
“Any attempt to stop or divert the flow of water belonging to Pakistan as per the Indus Waters Treaty, and the usurpation of the rights of lower riparian will be considered as an Act of War and responded with full force across the complete spectrum of National Power”. it added.
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