India has inflicted an immediate ban on the importation of goods from or passing Pakistan, the Indian government announced as hostilities between the two countries intensified following a deadly attack in Jammu and the cashmere occupied by illegally Indian (IIOJK).
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade said that the restriction had been promulgated “in the interest of national security and public policies”, without any planned exemption calendar.
The decision follows an attack on April 22 in the Iiojk Pahalgam region which killed at least 26 tourists.
India blamed Pakistan for having supported the attackers – an Islamabad accusation denied firmly, calling for an impartial international survey in place.
Islamabad also allegedly alleged that India was preparing for military reprisals and responded by interrupting all trade in border passages, closing its airspace with Indian flights and expelling Indian diplomats.
Pakistan warned India that any action to disrupt water flows under the Treaty of Indus waters would be considered an act of war.
Earlier, Pakistan rejected India’s request to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to examine the Islamabad financial support program.
An advisor to the Ministry of Finance of Pakistan confirmed on Friday that the bailout of the IMF of $ 7 billion in the country, obtained last year, remains “well on the right track” and critic for macroeconomic stability.
Islamabad also received $ 1.3 billion in climate resilience funding in March 2025.
“This program is not content to stabilize Pakistan – his confidence in strengthening,” said financial advisor Khurram Schehzad. “The latest IMF review went well, and our meetings with the global financial institutions in Washington reflected the high interests of investors.”
India’s decision to put pressure on the IMF when the two nuclear neighbors impose reciprocal suspensions on treaties, diplomatic exchanges and access to airspace, deepening hostilities after New Delhi blamed Pakistan for Pahalgam’s attack without presenting proofs.
The officials argue that India’s attempt to involve the IMF is an extension of its political campaign to isolate Pakistan diplomatically.
Neither the Ministry of Finance of India nor the IMF publicly responded to the concerns of Pakistan.
The airspace closings, the suspension of the Indus water Treaty and the diplomatic expulsion of Tit-For-Tat have still stretched the fragile regional balance.
