India continues to make efforts to build international pressure on Pakistan after the Pulwama attack.
Ever since after the deadliest Pulwama terror attack killing 40 CRPF personnel where a suicide bomber blew off an explosive-laden SUV near Indian paramilitary convoy of 78 buses carrying personnel to Kashmir, India has been pushing the international community and trying to create every possible international pressure on Pakistan to act against terror havens on its soil.
The Pulwama incident has been condemned by several countries including the US, UK, France, New Zealand and lately China also. It has been a collective view of all the countries who have condemned the heinous and cowardly attack that Islamabad must act on terror since Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) had claimed the responsibility for the Pulwama attack.
Meanwhile, India said it will use "all instruments at its command" to respond to Pakistan over its role in Pulwama terror attack after Islamabad warned it would respond with "full force" if attacked.
"India will exercise all instruments at its command, whether it is diplomatic or otherwise," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in New Delhi. “India has all options. You need not exhaust all options on day one. This is not a one-week battle. It’s to be undertaken in various forms."
Referring to Islamabad's alleged support for Islamist militant groups, he added, “I think Pakistan is riding a tiger on this issue, and a tiger never spares its own rider."
As India continues to build international pressure to isolate Pakistan, take a look at these developments which took place after the Pulwama incident
1. FATF pressures Pakistan to keep its promise to check terror funding
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Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has once again tightened the noose on Pakistan asking it to keep up its promise of working against terror funding. The global terror funding watchdog in 2018 had put Pakistan on the 'greylist' over its support to fund terror organisations. While Pakistan is trying to get off the list, on Friday, the terror funding watchdog asked Pakistan to act on terror funding or it will be blacklisted. (File Photo)
2. UNSC condemns Pulwama attack in strongest terms
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It is evident that India has been able to build an international consensus to condemn Pulwama attack. The United Nation Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the heinous attack on Indian Para-military forces, killing 40 CRPF personnel on February 14. UNSC, comprising of 15 members including China, in strong support for India condemned the cowardly attack. (File Photo)
3. France to move against JeM chief Masood Azhar
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After India's continuous bid among the world community to list Masood Azhar in the global terror list, France supporting India's call has said that it will soon move a resolution to list Masood Azhar in the global terror list. However, once again, the buck will stop at China which has been blocking India's bid to ban the terror organisation to satisfy its all-weather ally Pakistan.
Masood Azhar's JeM has claimed the responsibility for the February 14 Pulwama attack.
4. India move to block water for Pakistan
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Reiterating his warning to choke Pakistan's water supply, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Friday said the neighbouring country won't get "even a single drop of water" from India if it continues to export terror.
"(Pakistan PM) Imran Khan and others in that country are saying: how can India stop water to them? Remmeber, if you continue to support and export terrorism to India, Pakistan won't get even a drop of water. Remember this," Gadkari said.
He said India was planning to build projects on three rivers flowing into Pakistan to use its share of water. "Our government will stop our share of water which used to flow to Pakistan," he said.
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5. Isolating Pak in front of the world community
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India has approached Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhaohui to talk about misadventures attempted by Pakistan, in order to create pressure on Pakistan's all-season ally. Moreover, India has been able to make its strategic partner Saudi Arabia agree on denouncing terrorism during a recent visit by Crown Prince MBS. During India-Saudi Arabia recent talks, the complicity of Pakistan in Pulwama attack was underlined. (File Photo)
6. India shuts dialogue option with Pakistan
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India has shut the door on dialogue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly saying that time for talks was over. Ever since the Modi government came to power, it has been a consistent stand after the Uri attack that terror and talks won't go along.
7. Giving the Army free hand to revenge Pulwama attack
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his various public addresses after the Pulwama incident has said that his government has given complete freedom to the Army to decide how, when it will revenge Pulwama incident by mentioning that the perpetrators of the attack do not know what mistake they have done.
8. Revoking Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to Pakistan
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Withdrawing from the Most Favoured Nation status given to Pakistan was the first step which the Modi government did after the deadly Pulwama incident. The move will definitely put a strain on easy trade which the country has been enjoying so far along with the benefits and relaxation in duties. Though its economy won't suffer a big loss but certainly revoking of MFN status will be one of the headaches for Islamabad.
