By Admin 
India Suspends all Pakistani Visa: India announced the cancellation of all visas issued to Pakistani citizens from 27 April on Thursday (24 April 2025) and advised Indian citizens living in Pakistan to return home as soon as possible. India took this step amidst the increasing tension between the two countries over the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir. 26 people were killed in this attack. The Ministry of External Affairs also clarified that the decision to cancel the visa would not apply to Hindu Pakistani citizens to long -term visas and their visas will be ‘valid’. New Delhi also announced the suspension of visa services for Pakistani citizens with immediate effect for Pakistani citizens as part of retaliation on the crossroads of the most heinous terrorist attack on citizens in India after the terrorist attack in Mumbai on 26 November 2008.
This new step has been taken a day after India’s announcement of several steps against Pakistan, which includes expel to Pakistani military Atashe, postponing the Indus Water Treaty of 1960 and immediate closure of the attic land-trading outpost. It was decided to take strict measures against Pakistan in a meeting of the Cabinet Committee (CCS) on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Ministry of External Affairs said that all the existing valid visas issued by India to Pakistani citizens have been canceled from April 27. It said that medical visas issued to Pakistani citizens will be valid till April 29. The Ministry of External Affairs said that all Pakistani citizens present in India should leave the country before the visa period ends. This advised Indian citizens to avoid traveling to Pakistan.
From which date will this order of India be applicable?
The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement, “In order to suspend Visa services for Pakistani citizens with immediate effect,” in order of decisions taken by the Cabinet Committee on security in view of the Pahalgam terror attack. “All the existing valid visas issued by India to Pakistani citizens have been canceled from 27 April. Medical visas issued to Pakistani citizens will also be valid by only 29 April. “It states,” All the currently present in India should leave India before the revised visa period ends. “The number of Pakistani citizens holding Indian visa is not immediately known.
Indian citizens advise to escape from visit to Pakistan
The Ministry of External Affairs said, “Indian citizens are given strict advice to avoid visit to Pakistan. Currently Indian citizens present in Pakistan are also advised to return to India as soon as possible. ”A day after the death of 26 people in the brutal terrorist attack in Pahalgam, there was a meeting of the Security Cabinet Committee (CCS) on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in which the counter -steps of India were finalized and directed to maintain the ‘high vigilance” to India’s counter -steps towards this cowardly attack. India had made a strong message to Pakistan and made several decisions including widespread deduction in diplomatic relations with it, postponing the Indus Water Treaty over six decades and closing the Attari post.