New Delhi, May 3 -- In a slew of rapid punitive measures against Islamabad, India has suspended all postal linkages with Pakistan, banned the direct or indirect import of goods from that country, and banned Pakistani-flagged ships from entering Indian ports and vice versa.

The measures come as part of India's retaliatory steps against Pakistan, in the aftermath of the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam of Jammu and Kashmir in which Islamist gunmen brutally shot dead 26 people, mostly tourists.

The Ministry of Communications, Department of Posts, in a notification issued today, said the Government of India has "decided to suspend exchange of all categories of inbound mail and parcels from Pakistan through air and surface routes".

Earlie...