Pakistan has summoned an urgent meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) on Thursday to discuss the recent Indian actions, suspending the Indus Water Treaty.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that a meeting of the National Security Committee has been called on Thursday to decide on a response to India’s actions.
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will chair the meeting, which will also be attended by Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir, federal ministers, and senior officials from the military and intelligence agencies.
India’s foreign ministry on Wednesday announced that the Attari and Wagah borders will be closed. Pakistani nationals will no longer be able to travel to India under the SAARC visa exemption.
“The Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 will be held in abeyance with immediate effect,” India’s top diplomat Vikram Misri told media persons in New Delhi.
