India asks all Pakistani citizens to leave, Pakistan replies by closing its border – Liberation
India ordered this citizens in Pakistan this Thursday, April 24, with the exception of diplomats, to leave its territory by April 29, in retaliation to the Indian cashmere attack on Tuesday, April 22, which she attributes to her neighbor and who caused the death of 26 civilians in his part of the cashmere. An attack that Pakistan did not claim.
« All Pakistani citizens currently in India must leave India before the expiration of their visas »fixed on April 27 for ordinary visas and April 29 for medical visas, Indian Foreign Ministry said.
For its part, Pakistan has promised « Firm measures » And in the process announced the closure of its border, its airspace and the interruption of its trade with its neighbor. Islamabad also announced the expulsion of Indian diplomats and the suspension of visas for nationals of the country.
At the end of a rare meeting of its national security committee, Pakistan immediately retaliated by announcing the expulsion of diplomats and the suspension of Indian visas, as well as the closure of its border and its airspace.
Promising « Firm measures » against all « Indian threat », Islamabad also warned that any attempt by its neighbor to reduce its water supply from the Indus would be considered a « Act of war ».
India: « We are making cashmere a large Gaza »
Police broadcast the paint-robot portraits of three suspects, including two Pakistani nationals, presenting them as members of the Lashkar-E-Taibad group (Let), based in Pakistan. This Islamist group is suspected of jihadist attacks which targeted the Indian megapol of Bombay in November 2008, killing 166 people. The police also offered a reward of two million rupees (more than 20,000 euros) for any information allowing their capture.
The cashmere was shared between India and Pakistan in 1947, when these two countries accessed independence. They have since continued to demand the sovereignty of the entire territory. Since 1989, the fighting between the separatist insurgency and the Indian troops have made tens of thousands of deaths in the region.
Update At 2:07 p.m. with details on the reaction of Pakistan.
