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In a past paced developments on Saturday the 3rd of May 2025, India imposed a complete ban on any kind of postal linkages from Pakistan along with imports of any goods from across the border.

India has also banned Pakistani-flagged ships from entering Indian ports.

These measures to isolate Pakistan comes-in in wake of 22nd April terror attack in Pahalgam which killed 26 innocent tourists from as many as 14 states.

The news agency UNI was reporting on its portal that the Ministry of Communications, Department of Posts, in a notification issued today, said the Government of India has “decided to suspend exchange of all categories of inbound mail and parcels from Pakistan through air and surface routes”.

Earlier, the Directorate General of Shipping, Mumbai, issued a directive under the Merchant Shipping Act, banning Pakistani-flagged ships from entering Indian ports and prohibited Indian-flagged vessels from visiting ports in Pakistan.

The restrictions are effective immediately.

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in a notification issued on Friday, “prohibited the import or transit of all goods originating in or exported from Pakistan”, with immediate effect.

India has already shut the Attari land crossing, which is the sole trade route between the two countries, in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack.

The measures are the latest by New Delhi to crack down on Islamabad following the Pahalgam terrorist attack, which has led to embittering of relations between the two sides.

India has taken several measures to hit back at Pakistan, including suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, closing the Attari border, telling all Pakistani nationals to leave, thinning the staff at the Pakistan HC and its own in Islamabad, and vowed to pursue the perpetrators and planners of the attack to the ends of the earth.