Pahalgam Attack Highlights: Delhi draws deadline for Pakistani nationals to exit, urges Indians to report overstays

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.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Saturday met Pahalgam terror attack victim Shubham Dwivedi's family in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, he said that the government should give terrorists a befitting reply.

“This family lost a young son, he had gotten married merely two months ago. Terrorists showed so much cruelty, husband was killed in front of wife. We can't compensate the loss of the family, but the government should give those terrorists a reply in their own language. They must be destroyed. We are with the government,” he said.

The Delhi High Court on Saturday refused to entertain a Pakistani woman's plea seeking a direction to the Centre to not suspend her residential permit and further extend the same.

Justice Sachin Datta, in a special hearing held during the day, said the decision of the Centre to suspend visa services to Pakistani nationals with immediate effect from April 27 did not warrant any judicial review as it was impelled by serious national security considerations.

Justice Datta asserted that it was not within the court's authority to carve out any exception to the Centre's order.

Pakistani health authorities have initiated "emergency preparedness" measures to secure pharmaceutical supplies in response to the suspension of trade ties with India, according to a media report on Saturday.

In response to the India's decision to suspend the Indus Water Treaty following the Pahalgam attack, Islamabad on Thursday suspended all trade with New Delhi among other moves.

Geo News reported that India trade halt triggered "urgent measures to secure" pharmaceutical needs in Pakistan and health authorities have initiated "emergency preparedness" measures to secure the supplies.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora on Saturday and instructed him to ensure that law and order in the national capital is not breached in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, an official said.

The commissioner, who met Shah at the Ministry of Home Affairs, briefed him about the law and order situation in the capital, police sources said.

The home minister asked the commissioner to ensure that security is beefed up in the capital to avert any untoward incident, they said.

In the meeting that lasted for about half an hour, Shah also ordered to ensure that no Pakistan national is residing in Delhi.

The last rites of Army Havildar J Ali Shaikh, who was killed in action during an encounter between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's (J-K) Udhampur, were performed with full honours at his ancestral home in Nadia, West Bengal on Saturday.

Havildar Shaikh made the supreme sacrifice during a counter-terrorism operation in the Dudu Basantgarh area of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir.

Authorities in Kashmir have launched a massive crackdown on terrorists and their sympathisers in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, razing homes of the ultras, raiding their safe havens and detaining hundreds of overground workers for questioning, officials said on Saturday.

Houses of six terrorists or their associates have been demolished in the past 48 hours with officials saying similar action will be taken against others involved in terror activities.

Raids were carried out at more than 60 places on Saturday in Srinagar "to dismantle the terrorist ecosystem", a J&K Police spokesman said.

On being asked about Pakistan Peoples Party president Bilawal Bhutto's statement on Indus Water Treaty, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi said it is time for India to start taking action.

“I think the time for Indian government to talk is over and now the time for action has begun. We want to give a strong reply to Pakistani army and administration so that they can never repeat what happened in Pahalgam,” he said.

Gogoi emphasised that this is the right time to make Pakistan occupied Kashmir a part of India.

“Today is the right time to take POK and make it a part of India. In the all-party meeting, we had said that we will support the government in all actions against the Pakistani administration,” he said.

“We have made an additional request that there has been some intelligence and security lapse in Pahalgam. Those who have lost their loved ones want justice,” the Congress leader added.

Protest marches were held across Goa on Saturday against the Pahalgam terror attack.

Goa CM Pramod Sawant, who attended a candlelight march, said that India believes PM Narendra Modi will take steps to eliminate terrorism.

“Across Goa, in various places, a protest march has been held against Pahalgam terror attack and supported the decisions taken by PM Modi against Pakistan. People of Goa and state govt are with PM Modi. The country believes that PM Modi will take strong steps and terrorism will be eliminated completely,” Sawant told news agency ANI.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced a compensation of ₹10 lakh each to the families of the three persons from the state killed in the Pahalgam terror attack and to the next of kin of the Army havildar who died in the Udhampur encounter.

She said the state government would also offer a job to the wife of Havildar Jhantu Ali Shaikh from Tehatta in Nadia district.

Banerjee added that the state government would provide ₹10,000 pension to the father of Bitan Adhikari, one of the Pahalgam victims.

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: A video posted on X shows residents in Jammu sweeping and cleaning community bunkers, taking precautionary steps in case tensions escalate further.

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, Pakistan's Army Chief General Asim Munir said that ‘Hinuds and Muslims were two separate nations, not one’. Read here.

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran called PM Modi and condemned the terror attack.Both leaders agreed that there could be no justication for such acts of terror, the MEA posted on X, formerly Twitter.

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: United Arab Emirates president called up PM Modi, and conveyed condolences on the loss of lives in the Pahalgam attacks. Both leaders agreed that terrorism should be rejected in all its forms and manifestations, said the MEA.

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: The Delhi government has set a deadline from April 26 to 29 for all Pakistani nationals with revoked visas to exit the national capital, and has urged citizens to aid authorities by identifying Pakistani nationals overstaying illegally, and reporting them to the nearest police station

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: Seers and traders in Vrindavan, Mathura took out a march around the Banke Bihari temple in protest against the horrifying terrorist attack in Pahalgam 

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced a compensation of ₹10 lakh each for the families of the three state residents who were killed in the Pahalgam terror attack.

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued an advisory urging all media channels to refrain from showing live coverage of defence operations and movement of security forces in the interest of national security.

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: J&K CM Omar Abdullah, while rejecting Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's reported ‘neutral’ probe offer into the Pahalgam terror attack, said “they did not even recognise that something had happened in Pahalgam" Read here.

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: One Pakistani diplomat was spotted at the MEA premises today morning. Following the terror attacks, the Modi govt instructed Pakistani diplomats to leave India.

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: “I condemn the terrorist attack on behalf of the people of Uttar Pradesh and express my condolences to all the bereaved families. There is no place for terrorism or anarchy in society,” UP CM Yogi Adityanath said

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the Indus Water Treaty which was signed between India and Pakistan in 1960 is the "most unfair document" to the people of the UT. India suspended the treaty after the Pahalgam attacks. Read here

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: “...My reason for coming here was to assure the people of Ramban that even if a huge incident has occurred in Pahalgam, we are still worried about Ramban,” said J&K CM Omar Abdullah, in the wake of the devastating flash floods in Ramban, which happened before the Pahalgam horror.

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: So far, around 175 suspects have been detained for questioning to dismantle the support networks aiding terrorist activities, Anantnag Police told ANI.

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE:  Anantnag Police in collaboration with the Army, CRPF and other security forces, have launched extensive search and cordon operations across the district.

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah told ANI that all necessary steps would be taken to send back Pakistani citizens as per the instructions of the Central Government. He also added: “Information will be obtained about the number of Pakistanis in various cities of the state... There has been a security lapse in this incident... ”

The Indian community in Melbourne held protests against Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack, reported ANI.

Authorities in the Kashmir Valley have demolished the houses of three suspected terrorists. The houses of alleged terrorists were destroyed in Pulwama, Shopian and Kulgam districts of south Kashmir, reported PTI.

BJP president J P Nadda said India will give a "befitting" reply to those responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack.

After offering prayers to Shrimant Dagadusheth Ganapati on Saturday Nadda was quoted by PTI, "I came here to seek blessings of Ganpati Bappa. The way a cowardly attack took place in Jammu & Kashmir, the entire country is angry, and they are hoping that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give a strong reply to this attack."

The security forces and Jammu and Kashmir authorities demolished the house of a suspect linked to the Pahalgam terror attack. The house, located in Chotipora village in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, was allegedly linked to a terrorist involved in the April 22 attack, reported ANI.

Markets are closed on Saturday, April 25, 2025, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, as a mark to express solidarity with the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack, ANI reported.

While speaking on the Pahalgam terror attack, Odisha Minister Suresh Pujari told ANI, “... Enough is enough. The fight against terrorism is not only in the Indian domain. It has become a worldwide phenomenon... All the countries of the world have become victims of terrorism, and the time has come to take the battle to its logical conclusion.”

The Delhi government announced to enforce the Centre's order, revoking all existing visas issued to Pakistani citizens except for medical, diplomatic, and long-term visas.

"All existing valid visas, except Medical visas, Long Term Visas, Diplomatic & Official visas, issued by Government of India to Pak Nationals stands revoked with immediate effect from April 27, 2025," ANI quoted Home Department, Government of NCT of Delhi.

Buddhist monks at the Mahabodhi Mahavira temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, paid tribute to the Pahalgam terror attack victims on Friday. The monks at the temple observed silence and lit candles to remember the 26 victims killed in the attack.

Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi reached Srinagar on Friday for the first time following the Pahalgam terror attack and reviewed the security situation of the Union Territory.

Security forces arrested two terrorist associates in Thokerpora in Qaimoh area of Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, reported ANI. 

The Embassy of India in Berlin conducted an event to remember the loss of 26 lives in the Pahalgam terror attack that took place in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde paid tribute to Syed Adil Hussain Shah. He lost his life in the Pahalgam terror attack while trying to save tourists. Additionally, Shinde revealed that Shiv Sena will offer Shah's family ₹5 lakh as financial aid. 

"This is not about caste or religion. The tourists who were there were being shot at indiscriminately by these terrorists, and this person tried to save them. He even tried to snatch the gun from the terrorists to prevent the tourists from getting shot. However, another terrorist came and killed him," Shinde told ANI.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has condemned the Pahalgam terror, highlighted the need to hold the perpetrators, organisers and the sponsors of "this reprehensible act of terrorism" accountable, reported PTI.

"The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, during which at least 26 people were killed and many more injured," UNSC said. 

Pahalgam Terror Attack LIVE: “On the night of the 25th-26th of April 2025, unprovoked small firing was carried out by various Pakistan Army posts all across the Line of Control in Kashmir. Indian troops responded appropriately with small arms. No casualties reported,” the Indian Army was quoted by ANI as saying.

A small firing was reported from the Pakistan's side on Friday too. “Small arms firing at some places on the Line of Control were initiated by the Pakistan Army,” Indian Army officials told news agency ANI. Tap here to read full report

On the Pahalgam Terrorist Attack, US President Donald Trump says, "I am very close to India and I'm very close to Pakistan, and they've had that fight for a thousand years in Kashmir. Kashmir has been going on for a thousand years, probably longer than that. That was a bad one (terrorist attack). There have been tensions on that border for 1,500 years. It's been the same, but I am sure they'll figure it out one way or the other. I know both leaders. There's great tension between Pakistan and India, but there always has been."

Pahalgam terror attack LIVE Updates: Members of the Indian community staged a protest outside the Pakistan High Commission in London, condemning the Pahalgam Terrorist Attack.

A member of the Indian diaspora said, "We are here to support the Indians. I'm Indian Jewish, and we have a big Jewish community over here, which always supports India because we have the same enemies; Islamic radicalisation is there all over the world. Israel faced on October 7th (2023), and when I saw that it happened in India, it reminded me of that. Terrorists came and killed innocent people, and this terrorism is fed by the Pakistani Islamic regime, and we will be here and will support India all the time. PM Modi is doing great work, and I hope he does something to stop this terrorism. I was caught in a bomb blast in Bombay in the 90s. I escaped, but I know from personal experience how a bomb or a terrorist activity could affect people. We are here and we will always be together."

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday joined Congress leaders and workers in the party's candle march to pay homage to the Pahalgam terror attack victims.

The march was carried out from party's headquarters at 24, Akbar Road to Tees January Marg in Lutyen's Delhi, and culminated at the Birla House where Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead in 1948. Gandhi was accompanied by senior party leaders KC Venugopal and Ajay Maken and leaders of Delhi Congress.

The Indian Army has effectively responded to unprovoked firing by Pakistani military at some places along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir amid sharp escalation of tension between the two neighbours following the dastardly Pahalgam terror attack.

Military sources quoted by PTI said the Pakistan military resorted to the firing on Thursday, adding there were no reports of any casualties.

There is no official word from the Indian Army on the Pakistani firing and the Indian response.

Former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly said that India must break its ties with Pakistan.

“100 per cent, this (breaking ties with Pakistan) should be done. Strict action is necessary. It is no joke that such things happen every year. Terrorism cannot be tolerated,” he said, on being asked about Pahalgam Terror Attack.

Pakistan government has decided to halt the contentious canals project after India decided to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty in the wake of deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam.

Army chief General Asim Munir and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz had inaugurated the ambitious Cholistan project in February to irrigate the desert region in Punjab province.

However, it created an uproar in Sindh province where different political parties, including the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which is part of the ruling coalition at the centre with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), began protest against the project.

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday directed deputy commissioners and district police chiefs to ensure the exit of Pakistani nationals according to the deadline set by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

The LG's direction comes in the wake of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on Tuesday when 26 people, most of them tourists, were killed in cold blood.

Sinha chaired a meeting of all deputy commissioners (DCs) and senior superintendents of police (SSPs) of the Union Territory (UT), an official spokesman said.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said the entire opposition was with the government in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed.

Yadav, who led a candlelight march in solidarity with the victims, advocated for the "strongest possible punishment" to those behind the dastardly attack.

Pakistan Rangers refused to hand over a BSF jawan, who inadvertently strayed to the other side, for the third straight day on Friday and remained non-committal on his whereabouts, official sources quoted by PTI said.

The jawan, Constable Purnam Sahu of the 182nd Border Security Force (BSF), was apprehended by the Rangers from a farming field along the Ferozepur district of Punjab on Wednesday.

Sources told PTI that the BSF has made multiple contacts and sought flag meetings with the Rangers to secure the release of its jawan but the response has "not been positive" till now.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held a telephonic conversation with Faisal bin Farhan, the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia on the Pahalgam terrorist attack.

The two also discussed the cross-border linkages of the attack.

In a post on X, he said, “Had a telecon with Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan of Saudi Arabia. Discussed the Pahalgam terrorist attack and its cross-border linkages.”