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India to remove trade privileges, ensure complete isolation of Pakistan: finance minister

15 Feb 2019 - 14:32

India will take all possible diplomatic steps to ensure the "complete isolation" of Pakistan in response to an attack by the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) that killed 44 Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir on Thursday, India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday.


This would include India removing most favoured nation privileges given to Pakistan under World Trade Organisation rules, he said.
At least 44 Indian paramilitary personnel were killed in a car bombing in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian media reported on Thursday.
According to New-Delhi based newspaper Hindustan Times, 20 soldiers were also injured in the attack.
The attack took place around 3.15 p.m. local time when an explosive-laden vehicle rammed into a paramilitary bus in Awantipora, a town along the highway connecting state capital Srinagar to Anantnag, a southern district, police said.
Official sources said the vehicle was carrying some 350 kilograms (around 772 pounds) of explosives.
The Jaish-e-Muhammad group claimed responsibility for the attack.


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