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maritime sovereignty, economic interest and national security enforces following measures with immediate effect: Indian flag carriers shall not be allowed to visit any Pakistani port, Pakistani flag carriers shall not visit any Indian port (and) any exemption or dispensation shall be examined and decided on case to case basis,” the Dawn reported, quoting an order by Pakistan’s Ministry of Maritime Affairs’ Ports and Shipping Wing.

Meanwhile, Chief of Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal A P Singh yesterday met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is understood to have discussed the security situation arising out of the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.

Singh’s meeting came a day after Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi met the Prime Minister on Saturday and briefed him on the overall situation in the critical sea lanes in the Arabian Sea.

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) has taken into custody a Pakistani Ranger from along the international border in Rajasthan on Saturday. The development follows the detention of BSF constable Purnam Kumar Sahu by the Pakistan Rangers. Sahu was apprehended on April 23 after he inadvertently crossed the international border while escorting farmers along the Ferozepur sector in Punjab.

The apprehended Pakistani Ranger, whose identity is yet to be disclosed, is currently in the custody of the BSF’s Rajasthan Frontier.