Islamabad, April 26 -- Pakistani health authorities have launched "emergency preparedness" measures to safeguard pharmaceutical supplies after India slapped retaliatory measures to punish Pakistan in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, where 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists, were killed, media reports said.

The move comes after India suspended the Indus Water Treaty and closed the Attari border, amid other measures, in response to the attack conducted by The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

According to reports, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) confirmed that although no formal notification has been issued regarding the pharmaceutical sector, contingency pla...