Islamabad/Srinagar — Tensions between India and Pakistan are rapidly increasing in wake of an attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir that killed many people on Wednesday. As per Monday’s claim of Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif ahead of “military incursion” by India in aftermath of Thursday night attack that happened on April 22nd.
Police Warn After Deadly Attack
Nearly 26 tourists died, and others injured in a tourist hotspot Pahalgam in the gruesome attack. The massacre was claimed by the Resistance Front (TRF), said to be based out of Pakistan and said to be an affiliate of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba. India quickly hit back at the attack, labelling Pakistan-based militants connected to the network around Quetta HQ of JeM (Pakistan chapter) and said Pakistan should stop financing terrorism – a charge which Islamabad has repeatedly denied, insisting for an unbiased international inquiry into the matter.
Tensions Continues Bilaterally
The attack in the picturesque tourist destination of pahalgam now has India chilling some dosages of harsh measures to which they everyone should read carefully — withdrawal of Indus Waters, denoting no visas for Pak passport holders and closure of main land border post along with Shutting down Traffic management & flying of Indian carriers from Pakistani aircrafts. Reciprocated by Pakistan via her reciprocal steps in this regard, The International ties of prosperity have been run down. The boiling pan adds to this, with renewed shelling of the fought-over Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir region by reports.
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The assault also wreaked havoc on the tourism in Kashmir and authorities have closed some tourist spots as precautionary moves because of the heavy impacts on tourism.
Pakistan Threatens Upcoming Ingression
IN backdrop of rising cross-border heat, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said Indian military incursion will shortly done Afghanistan. Asif remarked “with increased presence of Pakistani military or got govt briefed on this likelihood. And Asif reminded the world again that if Pakistan had to fall in to nuclear employ survival of country was subjected to an existential threat? The situation circulates extremely dangerously as the two nuclear armed Neighbours gingerly tread this new minefield of animosity with calls all over the international to de-escalate.