'We Should Be Prepared': Pakistan Holds High-Level Security Meet After India Acts Tough Over Pahalgam Attack

Last Updated:April 24, 2025, 14:56 IST

Three services chiefs, important key ministers and top civil and military leadership were present in the meeting to deliberate upon internal and external situations

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (Photo: X/PakPMO)

A day after India downgraded diplomatic ties with Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday chaired a meeting of the Security Committee (NSC) on Thursday to decide on Islamabad’s response to New Delhi.

Three services chiefs, important key ministers and top civil and military leadership were present in the meeting to deliberate upon internal and external situations.

Earlier, Dawn reported that deputy prime minister Ishaq Dar, while speaking to a private television channel late on Wednesday, lashed out at India’s approach, calling it “immature" and “hasty".

“India has not given any evidence. They have not shown any maturity in their response," Dar said. “This is a non-serious approach. They started creating hype immediately after the incident." Pakistan’s Foreign Office, in a separate statement earlier on Wednesday, expressed regret over the loss of life.

INDIA CAN’T SUSPEND INDUS WATERS TREATY, CLAIMS PAKISTAN

Asif also asserted, “India cannot unilaterally suspend the Indus Waters Treaty, as the agreement involves not just Pakistan and India, but other stakeholders as well, including the World Bank," the report stated.

Also speaking to Geo News, former high commissioner of Pakistan to India Abdul Basit said that the Indus Water Treaty can neither be suspended nor terminated unilaterally.

“India cannot immediately stop Pakistan’s water," the report quoted Basit as saying, as he also expressed fear India may take some adverse action against Pakistan.

“We should be prepared, India can make any move," he cautioned.

INDIA’s TOUGH MOVES AGAINST PAKISTAN

Underscoring the “cross-border linkages" of the Pahalgam terror attack, India on Wednesday announced five major measures that also included suspension of the Indus Water Treaty and expulsion of Pakistani military attaches.

As India turned up the heat on Pakistan with what is seen as retaliatory measures after the carnage in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday that left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also vowed a “strong response" in the “near future."

Immediate shutting down of the Attari land-transit post was among the measures announced after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security(CCS).

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told a late evening press briefing, “It was noted that this attack came in the wake of the successful holding of elections in the Union Territory (Jammu and Kashmir) and its steady progress towards economic growth and development."

“It (the Cabinet Committee on Security) resolved that the perpetrators of the attack will be brought to justice and their sponsors held to account," he said.

The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow outfit of the banned Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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