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India-Pakistan Bilateral Relations
India and Pakistan keep diplomatic missions in each other's capitals, but both are led by a Chargé d'Affaires, and New Delhi says relations can move forward only in a climate free of terror, hostility and violence. The latest news is on trade: on 23 October 2026 the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence reported another bid, caught under Operation Deep Manifest, to slip Pakistani goods past India's import ban by routing them through Dubai.
Last updated 24 October 20266 min read
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Adds India's 2 May 2025 ban on all goods from Pakistan and DRI's Operation Deep Manifest, which on 23 October exposed Pakistani seeds rerouted through Dubai.
- India-Pakistan relations
- INS Kolkata
- PNS Hunain
- Arabian Sea
- Ministry of External Affairs
- 1991 military agreement
- Randhir Jaiswal
- Most Favoured Nation
- Attari
- DGMO
- Jaishankar
- Indus Waters Treaty
- Operation Deep Manifest
- DRI
- import ban
- DGFT
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