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India, Pakistan Trade Tit-for-Tat Measures Amid Tensions
Pakistan removed poles installed outside the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, eliciting a diplomatic tit-for-tat from New Delhi
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Shikha Salaria - Fri, 21, Aug 2026
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After Pakistan took actions against the Indian mission in Islamabad, it is learned that Indian authorities on Aug. 17 cleared “encroachments” outside the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi in a display of tit-for-tat diplomacy.
Pakistan removed poles installed outside the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, eliciting a diplomatic tit-for-tat from New Delhi where authorities used bulldozers to clear encroachments around the Pakistani High Commission on Aug. 18. Visuals of demolished illegal encroachments outside the “Visa section” of the Pakistani High Commission could be spotted outside the Pakistani High Commission on Aug. 20. Sources in the Government of India said that the “queue liner outside the Pakistani High Commission was removed.”
Further, according to a NOTAM issued by the Pakistan Airports Authority on Aug. 19, the country has extended restrictions for Indian aircraft on usage of Pakistani airspace. Pakistan extended its restrictions on usage of its airspace for India-registered aircraft and aircraft operated, owned or leased by Indian airlines/operators, including military flights, until Sept. 24, Dawn News reported. In a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) issued by the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) early Wednesday, the body said that “Pakistan airspace is not available for Indian registered ACFT and ACFT operated/owned or leased by Indian airlines/operators including military flights.”
Tit-for-tat diplomacy is not new in the history of India-Pakistan ties, and the relationship has strained further after the dastardly attack on Indian tourists at the Kashmiri tourist spot of Pahalgam, in which 26 tourists — including 25 tourists and one Kashmiri local — were killed. The incident had sparked a major military conflict between the two nations, with India targeting terror hotbeds inside Pakistan on May 7, 2025, under ‘Operation Sindoor.’ The conflict lasted for about four days and concluded when a fragile ceasefire was agreed upon and took effect on May 10, 2025.
India had also decided to keep the Indus Water Treaty under abeyance since the terror attack, and trade between the two countries was suspended. Mainland border crossings between the two nations have also been closed, while visa regimes continue to be restricted. Further, the high commissions of the two countries in New Delhi and Islamabad continue to operate with reduced staff.
Insisting that a normal relationship with Pakistan cannot exist amid violence and terror emanating from Pakistan, India has said that its archrival has to shun terrorism for any possibility of normalization of ties.
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