Pakistan closed its airspace to Indian airlines on Thursday and rejected New Delhi’s suspension of the Indus River Waters Treaty in retaliation for neighboring India’s response to a deadly militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir.
The statement from Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Office came after a meeting of its National Security Council, a day after India said cross-border elements were involved in Tuesday’s attack that killed 26 people in a popular tourist destination.
Indian police issued a statement naming three suspected militants and saying two of them were Pakistani, but New Delhi offered no evidence of the links or shared further details.
But on Wednesday, India downgraded diplomatic relations with Pakistan, suspended the six-decade-old Indus River Waters Treaty and closed the only land border crossing between the neighbors.
Like India, Pakistan claims both parts of Kashmir, Indian-administered and Pakistani-administered.
“Any threat to Pakistan’s sovereignty and the security of its citizens will be met with strong reciprocal measures in all domains,” a Pakistani statement said.
