Pahalgam Attack News Highlights: ‘Chun chun ke jawab milega,’ says Amit Shah after Pahalgam horror

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah On Wednesday claimed that India and Pakistan were ‘getting ready for war’. Talking to reporters the former chief minister of J&K said, " We don't know what will happen tomorrow. Today, two countries are getting ready for a fight. Attempts are being done to ensure this doesn't happen and a solution can be found to catch them (terrorists) and those who are behind it". Read more

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on April 29 stayed the deportation of four members of a family who were at risk of being deported from India on allegations that they were Pakistani citizens, a Bar and Bench report said on Thursday. The members included a police constable of the Indian Reserve Police (IRP). Read More

After the Indian Government cancelled all kinds of visas of Pakistani nationals currently in India, Minal Khan, a Pakistani national who was married to a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable in Jammu was granted a last-minute relief by the J&K High Court.

Khan's advocate, Ankur Sharma, told ANI that due to not having a long-term visa, Meenal Khan was deported to the Attari border.

Advocate Sharma also mentioned that Khan, who entered India on a visiting visa and had applied for a long-term visa after marrying Constable Munir Ahmed, was sent back amid tightened security measures.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday in his first public speech on the Pahalgam terror attack, vowed revenge and warned the terrorists, ‘har vyakti ko chun chun kar jawab bhi milega, jawab bhi liya jaega’ (every single terrorist will be sought after and punished).

In his first public remarks following the Pahalgam terror attack, Shah said: “The fight is not yet over. They (terrorists) should not think that after killing our 27 people they have won the war," he said, speaking at an event in Assam. Read more

Citing security concerns, Pakistan has announced the closure of specific portions of Karachi and Lahore airspace for four hours each day during May and put all airports across the country on high alert, a media report said Thursday.

The development comes amid heightened tension between Pakistan and Islamabad post the Pahalgam terror attack and Islamabad’s apprehension of retaliatory action by New Delhi.

“The restricted airspace will be closed daily from 4:00 am to 8:00 am local time between May 1 and May 31,” Express Tribune said, quoting an official notice.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke with his US counterpart, Pete Hegseth, on Thursday, according to defence ministry officials.

This comes amidst mounting tensions with Pakistan following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir in which 26 people were killed.

Instagram accounts of popular Pakistani actors Mahira Khan, Hania Aamir, Sanam Saeed, and Ali Zafar have been blocked in India following a "legal request" in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.

"Account not available in India. This is because we complied with a legal request to restrict this content": this message was displayed when users in India tried to access the pages of these artistes.

Tensions escalated between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 civilians.

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to accord the status of a martyr to those killed in the Pahalgam terror attack.

In a post on X, the Congress leader said he stands with the families of those killed in the Pahalgam attack and backs their demand that the victims be given the status of a martyr.

"I stand with the families of those killed in the Pahalgam attack in their grief and in their demand for martyr status to them.

"The prime minister is requested to respect the sentiments of the families of those who lost their lives in this tragedy by giving this honour to them," Gandhi said in his post on the microblogging platform in Hindi.

Following a week-long heavy rush of people from either side to cross over after the Union government ordered all Pakistani citizens with short-term visa to leave India in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, the Attari-Wagah border crossing point between the two countries was shut completely on Thursday, sources cited by PTI reportedly said.

The Attari-Wagah border crossing point is completely closed now and no one from either country crossed over to the other side on Thursday, two sources confirmed to PTI

Himanshi Narwal, the wife of Indian Navy Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who was killed in the Pahalgam terror attack, said that the families of victims want peace and justice.

Speaking to reporters at Karnal, Narwal said that she did not want people to go against Muslims or Kashmiris.

“We don't want people going against Muslims or Kashmiris. We want peace and only peace. Of course, we want justice,” she said.

Watch video: NIA DG Sadanand Vasant Date leaves from Pahalgam after visiting the attack site in Baisaran, along with the senior officials of NIA and Jammu Kashmir Police. The NIA has taken over the investigation of the case.

India on Thursday reached out to South Korea in line with its diplomatic offensive to apprise the non-permanent members of the UN Security Council about the Pahalgam terror attack and its cross-border linkages.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae-yul and is understood to have conveyed India's policy of "zero tolerance" towards terrorist.

"Spoke with @FMChoTaeyul of South Korea this morning. Thanked him for RoK's support and solidarity in light of Pahalgam terror attack. Underlined the need to combat terrorism in all forms and manifestations," the external affairs minister said on 'X'.

The Supreme Court strongly criticised the counsels who filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking the constitution of a judicial commission to investigate the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 26 people were killed.

"Be responsible. You owe some duty towards the country. Is this the way.. Please don't do this. Since when does a retired High Court or Supreme Court judge become an expert to investigate such issues (terrorism)? We're not entertaining anything. Please go wherever you want me to go", the bench stated.

“You want to argue? Be responsible before filing such PILs. You have some duty towards country also. Is this the way you want to demoralize forces? Since when we acquired expertise of investigation?” LiveLaw quoted Justice Surya Kant.

SC dismisses PIL seeking judicial probe in Pahalgam terror attack. The SC further says, don’t demoralise our forces by filing such petitions.

“This is the time when the entire country has joined hands to fight terrorism,” said SC.

Amid the escalating tensions with India over the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan has appointed ISI chief Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik as the National Security Adviser (NSA).

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh stayed the deportation of four members of a family, including a police constable of the Indian Reserve Police (IRP), who were alleged to be Pakistani citizens, reported Bar and Bench.

Following the attack, the government has banned the streaming of 16 Pakistani YouTube channels, including those of media houses such as Dawn, Samaa TV, ARY News, Geo News, Razi Naama, GNN and Irshad Bhatti.

India has halted the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 with Pakistan, stating that the treaty will be suspended until Pakistan irreversibly ends its support for cross-border terrorism.

The plea was filed by by Mohammad Junaid, a resident of Kashmir along with Fatesh Kumar Sahu and Vicky Kumar, reported ANI.

Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan after a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people, the central government has restricted Instagram accounts of popular Pakistani celebrities in India.

The celebrities include Hania Aamir, Mahira Khan, Ali Zafar, Sanam Saeed, Bilal Abbas, Iqra Aziz, Imran Abbas, and Sajal Aly.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held separate phone conversations with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, urging the need to avoid further escalation, reported PTI.

India reached out to the seven non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) over the Pahalgam terror attack situation and sought condemnation of cross-border terrorism.

On April 30, Pakistan violated the ceasefire for the seventh straight day, despite a stern warning after the Pahalgam terror attack.

The statement from the Indian Army said, “During the night of 30 April-01 May 2025, Pakistan Army posts initiated unprovoked small-arms fire across the Line of Control opposite Kupwara, Uri and Akhnoor in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. These were responded proportionately by the Indian Army.”

National Investigation Agency (NIA) Director General Sadanand Date reached Pahalgam on Thursday to probe the matter, ANI reported.

On Sunday, the NIA took over the Pahalgam terror attack case from the Jammu and Kashmir Police and began its investigation into the Pahalgam terror attack.

The Pahalgam terror attack was carried out in the Baisaran meadow on April 22, the day when United States Vice President JD Vance was in India and PM Narendra Modi was on a visit to Saudi Arabia.

The Supreme Court is expected to hear a plea on Thursday, May 1, 2025, regarding the constitution of the judicial commission over the Pahalgam terror attack.