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India-Pak bilateral pacts under lens as Pahalgam attack puts strain on ties

Pakistan's threat to suspend key treaties with India, including the Simla Agreement, raises concerns over military and diplomatic relations.

Updated on: Apr 26, 2025, 04:47:16 IST

By Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi

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Pakistan’s threat of suspending a raft of bilateral treaties with India, including the Simla Agreement of 1972, has raised questions about the possible fallout in areas ranging from the Line of Control (LoC) to military confidence-building measures (CBMs).

India's national flag and Pakistan's national flag being lowered during the Beating Retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan, near Amritsar, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (PTI)

The possibility of holding bilateral agreements with India in abeyance was raised in a statement issued by the Pakistan government on Thursday to outline its response to punitive measures imposed by India a day earlier because of cross-border linkages to the terror

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Rezaul H Laskar

...Read MoreRezaul Hasan Laskar is Foreign Editor with the Hindustan Times, which he joined in 2015. He began as a journalist in his hometown of Shillong in northeast India and has worked in newspapers and wire services over the years. He moved to New Delhi in 1997 and initially focused on defence, national security, Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, while also working of foreign policy and international relations. He has been part of the media delegation accompanying PMs on foreign visits and has reported from destinations ranging from Tibet to Ukraine. Between 2007 and 2013, he was the Press Trust of India correspondent in Pakistan, one of only two Indian journalists allowed to report from the country. He extensively covered Pakistan’s domestic politics and the life of the common people, as well as the fallout of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on India-Pakistan relations and the subsequent trial in Pakistan of the suspects involved in the attack. As part of his reportage in Pakistan, he travelled the breadth of the country, from the Swat Valley to Balochistan. Reza’s first gig in journalism was writing a weekly music column, and music – especially classic rock – remains a keen interest. He is also a movie buff and a keen photographer. Read Less

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