By Afshain Afzal

India is pressurizing Pakistan to commit terrorism and grave human rights violations against Pakistanis over the statement of an absconder Pakistan military officer, who fled to India in 1997 and later acquired Canadian nationality.

Over the recent extradition of Major Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a member of sectarian minority group, a criminal who is an absconder from Pakistan Army who fled Pakistan and established business in Mumbai India in 1997, India feels she got the license to go all out in pursuit of those who have committed acts of terror during 26 November Mumbai attacks.

The Indian Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) met on 23 April 2025 to take account of the situation Pahalgam terrorist attack on 22 April 2025, in which 24 Indians, one Kashmiri and one Nepali citizen were killed while many other sustained injuries. The CCS decided number of measures and claimed that these measures will remain enforced until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism.

These measures included: held the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in abeyance with immediate, close Check Post at Attari with immediate effect, facility of SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES) to Pakistani nationals has been cancelled and Pakistani nationals are give 48 hours to leave India, Pakistan’s Defence Advisors (Attaché) in the Pakistani High Commission at New Delhi are declared Persona Non Grata and told to leave India within a week while posts of Defence/Navy/Air Advisors have been annulled from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.

Since this year there is complete ban on political activities in Indian held Jammu and Kashmir and ban has been imposed on all pro-Pakistan political parties including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and other prominent leaders. Indian agencies are trying to divide Kashmiris on sectarian lines and pro-Iran parties are secretly funded and brought in highlight.  The Kashmiris have rejected Indian rule in the disputed state and demand UNO to allow their right of self-determination.

Meanwhile, the CCS also reviewed the overall security situation and directed all India forces including Para Military Forces to maintain high vigil. New Delhi announced that the perpetrators of the attack would be brought to justice and their sponsors held to account. 

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir had already given a statement that 1.3 million Indian Army, with all its wherewithal cannot intimidate and coercive us.