Pahalgam terror attack: India revokes visa services to Pakistani nationals with immediate effect
The Hindu
MEA revokes all valid visas for Pakistani nationals, advises against travel, and announces retaliatory measures post Pahalgam attack.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday (April 24, 2025) said all existing valid visas issued by India to Pakistani nationals stand revoked with effect from April 27. The decision was taken in view of its retaliatory measures against Islamabad in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.
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It said medical visas issued to Pakistani nationals will be valid only till April 29. The MEA said all Pakistani nationals currently in India must leave the country before the expiry of visas.
It also strongly advised Indian nationals to avoid travelling to Pakistan and advised those currently in the neighbouring country to return home at the earliest.
India on Wednesday downgraded diplomatic ties with Pakistan and announced a raft of measures including expulsion of Pakistani military attaches, suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 and immediate shutting down of the Attari land-transit post in view of the cross-border links to the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people.
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The punitive measures against Pakistan were decided at a meeting of Cabinet Committee on Security headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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