2 weeks Ago By Mashable News Staff
Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has reacted to the Pahalgam terror attack carried out by Pakistan-backed terrorists who claimed the lives of 26 tourists on Tuesday. During the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals on Thursday, Gavaskar addressed the perpetrators and called for peace between India and Pakistan. "I send my condolences to all the families who have lost their loved and dear ones.
It has affected all of us Indians," Gavaskar said on Star Sports, per NDTV. #WATCH | Union Home Minister Amit Shah pays tributes to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack, in Srinagar, J&K pic.twitter.
com/HSj2va7LsN — ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2025 "I just want to ask a question to all the perpetrators, and all those who backed them (the terrorists), their handlers - What has all this fighting achieved? For the last 78 years, not one millimetre of land has exchanged hands, is it? So for the next 78,000 years, nothing is going change. So why don't we live in peace instead, and make our country strong? So that is my appeal," he added. Earlier on Wednesday, many cricketers such as Virat Kohli , Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul and Irfan Pathan paid tributes to the attack while seeking justice for their families.
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' PM Narendra Modi has vowed to pursue the terrorists as well as their handlers "to the ends of the Earth" and punish them. "India will identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backers. We will pursue them to the ends of the earth.
India's spirit will never be broken by terrorism. Terrorism will not go unpunished. Every effort will be made to ensure that justice is done," PM Modi said in a rare switch of English, during the National Panchayati Raj Day programme in Madhubani, Bihar.
India will identify, track and punish every terrorist, their handlers and their backers. We will pursue them to the ends of the earth. India’s spirit will never be broken by terrorism.
pic.twitter.com/sV3zk8gM94 — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 24, 2025 Meanwhile, India has taken diplomatic steps to retaliate against the attack by cancelling visas issued to Pakistani nationals.
The Attari border has also been closed and all Pakistani defense advisers have been asked to leave. India has also held the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and reduced the number of diplomats in its High Commission in Pakistan from 55 to 30. Meanwhile, anti-terror operations are underway in Jammu & Kashmir.
Pakistan made a tit-for-tat move by closing the Wagah border and reducing the number of high commission personnel, while suspending the Simla Agreement, which established the line of control. ALSO SEE: Virat Kohli Pays Tribute To Victims Of Pahalgam Terror Attack, Anushka Sharma Calls It 'Heartbreaking'.
