New Delhi, April 25 -- Pakistan on Thursday said it was suspending all trade with India, including through third countries, a move officials and industry analysts said was unlikely to have a material impact on this side of the border given the minimal inflows and the existence of unofficial lines via third countries that are hard to crack down on.

Most of the steps unveiled by Pakistan after a meeting of the National Security Committee chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad were tit-for-tat responses to measures announced by India on Wednesday.

"Islamabad's move to suspend trade with India will hit the inflation-ravaged Pak citizens only because India imports nothing from Pakistan. Our import from Pak is absolutely zero, ...