India mourns the loss of 26 innocent lives brutally taken on 22 April 2025 at Baisaran, near Pahalgam, yet it faces the outrage with composure, unity and resolve. Guided by firm political direction and professional military judgement, the nation has adopted a measured, punitive and strategically coherent course of action rather than an impulsive knee-jerk retaliation.
Decisive Policy Measures
- Suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty – Exercising sovereign rights enshrined in the 1960 accord, the Government of India has placed the treaty in abeyance pending Pakistan’s verifiable renunciation of cross-border terrorism.
- Comprehensive Visa Revocations – All existing Indian visas issued to Pakistani nationals were cancelled with effect from 27 April. Fresh visa processing has been halted; only emergency medical cases were permitted a brief grace period to exit.
- Closure of the Attari–Wagah Land Corridor and Suspension of Bilateral Trade – Passenger movement, the daily joint flag-lowering ceremony and cross-border commerce have been stopped from 23 April. The measure, endorsed by the Cabinet Committee on Security, has already disrupted over ₹240 crore worth of annual agricultural trade, underscoring the financial cost of Islamabad’s complicity in terror. These steps employ diplomatic and economic levers to impose pain on the perpetrator state while keeping the military instrument in deliberate reserve.
- Military Posture: Resolute yet Restrained At a security review on 29 April, the Prime Minister granted the Chief of Defence Staff and the three Service Chiefs full freedom to select the time, target and method of retribution. The perpetrators will not be spared by the Indian forces. The Indian Army is prepared for decisive actions, yet has scrupulously avoided hasty cross-Line-of-Control forays. As seen earlier with Pakistan’s panicking behaviour of escalation by provocation rattled by international censure and domestic pressure, Pakistan’s security establishment has resorted to nightly, indiscriminate cease-fire violations along the Line of Control in an attempt to mask terrorist infrastructure and provoke an Indian over-reaction. Indian positions have responded proportionately, retaining escalation control and exposing the adversary’s desperation.
Internal Security Consolidation in Jammu & Kashmir
Within the Union Territory, the Indian Army and local security forces have:
- Re-dominated vulnerable axes in South Kashmir.
- Appropriate responses to daily unprovoked firing by Pak Army along LoC.
- Conducted intelligence-driven intense counter terrorist operations that have yielded arrests and the seizure of weapons caches linked to the Pahalgam cell.
- Implemented temporary movement restrictions at select tourist spots to ensure civilian safety without undermining the vital tourism sector. These actions are robust yet lawful, aimed at isolating terrorists rather than inconveniencing the populace. Strategic Patience Backed by Overwhelming Capability India’s reaction to the Pahalgam massacre is a model of calibrated statecraft—combining diplomatic isolation, economic pressure and a poised but restrained military stance. The message is unequivocal: those who planned, abetted or executed this atrocity will face decisive consequences at a moment of India’s choosing. By avoiding an impulsive military spasm while tightening every other screw, New Delhi has seized the strategic initiative and underscored the credibility of its deterrence, in stark contrast to Pakistan’s reactive, indiscriminate behaviour. The nation stands shoulder to shoulder with its armed forces. Justice for the victims will be served—firmly, lawfully and irreversibly.
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