India bans imports from Pakistan

India said on Saturday it had banned the import of goods coming from or transiting via Pakistan and barred Pakistani ships as tensions rise between the neighbours in the wake of a deadly terrorist attack on tourists in the Indian-administered Kashmir region.

India's Directorate General of Foreign Trade said in a notification that the ban would take effect immediately. It said "This restriction is imposed in the interest of national security and public policy." Following the attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam where 26 tourists were killed, New Delhi and Islamabad closed the Wagah Attari border, which was the sole permissible trade route between the two countries./ IRNA

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