Pakistan closes airspace to Indian airlines, suspends all trade ‘Act of war’

Pakistan on Thursday, April 24, blocked its airspace for Indian airlines, closed the Wagah border crossing, suspended all trade with India, and said any attempt to divert water meant for Pakistan under the Indus Water Treaty will be considered an Act of War.

Most of the steps announced by Pakistan after a meeting of the National Security Committee



chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad were tit-for-tat responses to measures announced by India on Wednesday. Pakistan rejected India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 and said any stopping or diversion of the flow of water belonging to Pakistan under the pact will be seen as an “act of war” and responded to with “full force”.