Pakistan shuts airspace to Indian airlines, suspends trade, any move to obstruct the flow of water will be treated as an act of war

Pakistan shuts airspace to Indian airlines, suspends trade, any move to obstruct the flow of water will be treated as “an act of war

 

Pakistan also suspended all trade with India, including goods passing through Pakistan to or from third countries.

 

Pakistan on Thursday announced the immediate closure of its airspace to all Indian-owned and Indian-operated airlines, reported Reuters.

 

In this handout photograph taken and released by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Office on April 24, 2025, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs a high level security meeting with the chiefs of the Pakistan forces and other government officials at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad. (AFP)

 

It also suspended all trade with India, including goods passing through Pakistan to or from third countries and objected to India’s decision to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, the report added.

The Pakistan government has said that any move to obstruct or redirect the flow of water allocated to Pakistan, or any violation of its rights as a lower riparian state, will be treated as “an act of war.”

 

This is a developing story.