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Pahalgam Terror Attack Live News Updates: India summoned Pakistan’s diplomat Saad Warraich Wednesday and was handed over a note verbale with all measures taken by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CSS) on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Centre has called an all-party meeting in the Parliament today following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, which killed at least 26 tourists and left several others injured. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah are expected to brief the leaders. Singh will chair the meeting. The decision to call an all-party meeting was taken on Wednesday, with Singh and Shah reaching out to various parties. This comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the CSS — to take stock of the situation and deliberate on the government’s strategy amid rising terror attack tension.
What was the outcome of the CSS meeting? Underlining “the cross-border linkages of the terrorist attack” in Pahalgam, India “held in abeyance” the Indus Waters Treaty, downgraded diplomatic relations with Pakistan, expelled diplomats and defence forces officials from Pakistan High Commission in Delhi, and cancelled all visas granted to Pakistan nationals, asking them to leave in 48 hours. With shutting down the Attari border checkpost with immediate effect — those who have crossed over with valid endorsements may return through that route before May 1, 2025. The committee has also decided to suspend the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES) for Pakistani nationals.
Who claimed responsibility? The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow group of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group, claimed responsibility for the attack on the tourists in Baisaran, an off-road meadow in South Kashmir’s Pahalgam. In January 2023, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) declared the TRF a “terrorist organisation” under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for propaganda on terror activities, recruitment of terrorists, infiltration of terrorists and smuggling of weapons and narcotics from Pakistan into the valley. TRF began as an online entity in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 and revocation of special status to J&K in August 2019.
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