Soldiers in India and Pakistan exchanged fire across the Line of Control over the weekend and the Indian Navy said on Sunday that its warships testfired missiles in the Arabian Sea to “revalidate and demonstrate” its “readiness” for long-range precision “offensive” strikes.

The Prime Minister has vowed a strong response to the Pahalgam terror attack, stating that terrorists will be punished 'far more severely than they can imagine'. He announced that the Indus Waters Treaty has been held in abeyance,

For the first time, India on Wednesday suspended the World Bank-mediated Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, which ensures water for 80% of Pakistani farms.

Pakistan's Minister Hanif Abbasi issued stark nuclear threats against India, warning that Pakistan's missile arsenal and 130 nuclear warheads are positioned specifically to target India if water supplies are cut off.