India considers closing airspace to Pakistani carriers amid rising tensions – The Economic Times

India is considering the closure of its airspace to Pakistani carriers, The Economic Times reported citing people familiar with the matter.

India is also contemplating a ban on Pakistani ships from calling at Indian ports, according to the report.

Pakistan had shut its airspace to Indian airlines following New Delhi’s measures against its neighbour after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22 that killed 26, mostly tourists.

India has already suspended the Indus Water Treaty and revoked the visas of Pakistani citizens.

The latest development comes amid small arms firing from Pakistan along the border that India said it responded to.

New Delhi has said two of the three terrorists who carried out the attack were Pakistani.