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The move comes after New Delhi halted a water-sharing treaty following a deadly terrorist attack

Pakistan has announced the closure of its airspace to all Indian airlines and the suspension of trade with New Delhi with immediate effect, following a National Security Committee meeting in Islamabad on Thursday.

The move comes after New Delhi downgraded diplomatic ties with Islamabad and suspended a treaty on the use of the waters of the Indus River system by the two nations.

“Pakistan vehemently rejects the Indian announcement to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance… Any attempt to stop or divert the flow of water belonging to Pakistan as per the Indus Waters Treaty… will be considered as an Act of War and responded with full force,” Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s office said in the statement. The treaty contains no provision for unilateral suspension, it noted.

Pakistan’s retaliatory measures include the suspension of key bilateral agreements and cross-border links, including the Wagah border post. The statement added that Pakistan’s airspace would be closed immediately to all Indian-owned or Indian-operated airlines. All trade with India, including shipments to and from third countries through Pakistan, was also suspended.

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