Pakistan announces retaliatory measures against India
Gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists on Tuesday in Jammu-Kashmir. A group said to be linked to Pakistani Islamic extremists claimed responsibility. Police have identified two of the gunmen as Pakistani.
The Kashmir region is claimed by both India and Pakistan.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a meeting of the National Security Committee on Thursday to determine actions against India.
In addition to expelling Indian military advisers, Pakistan's airspace will be closed with immediate effect for all Indian owned or operated airlines. It's also suspending all trade with India.
The government condemned India's move in a statement, calling it politically motivated, extremely irresponsible and devoid of legal merit.
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The incredible engineering marvel in China - What is stop India from becoming like this? 中国令人惊叹的工程奇迹，是什么使得印度成为不了这样的国家？ 以下是各国网友的评论： Jayaprasadk A large number of Social Media platforms in India are working for Chinese propaganda. Most of the time they are projecting AI videos and fake photos to project China 印度好多社交媒体平台都在帮中国搞宣传。他们大多时候都在放AI做的视频和假照片，吹捧中国。 True Indian Simple Answer, Some Chinese Agents like you, congress. You are blocking development through NGO. and courts ruling 简单说，像你这样的中国代理人，还有国大党。你们通过非政府组织和法院判决，阻碍印度这个国家发展。 Sab Changa Si The only talent you find in India today is how to be a bigger dumb bhakt. Engineering marvels are in other countries. 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And no accountability afterwards 合同金额里30%都被贪污了，进了官僚和政党的腰包。事后还没人负责。 ksampoh@MyOwn Inc As a non-citizen & investor in India, here's my blunt take-China's big projects impress the eye - but they're built fast because one party says so. Land is seized overnight, , debt buried under state books. India is a de ocracy. Messy, noisy, slow - but people's land rights matter, courts matter, local voices matter. It takes longer - but what's built has roots. China has ghost cities & half-empty malls. India's highways, metros, digital infra? They're packed, used daily, adding real value. And when people talk 'engineering marvels'? Look back- India's ancient temples, stepwells, & cities stand for a thousand years - built without cranes or AI. Many techniques still puzzle modern science. So here's the choice as an investor-Flashy towers or solid foundations?Debt traps or steady growth?One-party show or a billion people moving together?Slow? Absolutely. For me, India's not just building for the next headline - it's building for the next century. 作为一个在印度投资的外国人，我直言不讳地说—— 中国的大项目看着震撼，但建得快是因为一党说了算。土地一夜之间被征用，债务藏在国家账本里。 印度是皿煮国家。乱哄哄、吵吵闹闹、速度慢，但民众的土地权重要，法院重要，地方声音重要。花的时间长，但建起来的东西有根基。 中国很多商场空荡荡。印度的高速公路、地铁、数字基础设施？全是人，天天用，有实际价值。 说起'工程奇迹'？看看过去——印度的古寺庙、阶梯井、古城，屹立千年，没靠起重机和人工智能。好多技术至今让现代科学搞不懂。 所以作为投资者，选择很清楚——是要花哨的高楼，还是坚实的基础？ 是要债务陷阱，还是稳步增长？ 慢？确实。可持续？绝对。 对我来说，印度不只是为下一个头条建设，是为下一个世纪建设。 MangoMan "PEACEFOOLS" India builds, they break. Vande Bharat today, something else tomorrow. Same stones, same mindset. 印度建了又拆。今天建'致敬印度号'列车，明天又搞别的。换汤不换药，脑子没变。 MiddleClass Hindu Caste Religion (only for Muslims mostly) and gender based welfare and reservation 种姓、宗教，还有基于性别的福利和预留制度。 KARTIK CHAUDHARY China has national pride We on other hand are ready to fight for region religion caste - the priorities are different 中国有民族自豪感。 我们呢，却为地区、宗教、种姓打架—— 重点不一样。 Sushmita Mishra Btw which place in China is it located? It seems like an AI generated video. Kindly update. 对了，这在中国哪个地方？看着像AI生成的。麻烦说清楚。 Amit Kr Agarwal Corruption, Reservation & Freebies 贪污、预留制度、免费福利。 Anti Wokeism Science taught in the cult 邪教里教的科学。 Bhart Singh India already have such infrastructure 印度已经有这样的基础设施了。 Dr. Go Getter India has such marvels it's just that it gets drowned out among all the shoddy work going on all around 印度有这样的奇迹，只是被周围一堆烂活儿掩盖了。 WahReh India's top priority should be to make toilets for their populace 印度最该做的是给老百姓建厕所。 Sharp Edge We already have toilet terrorists uncle and that is Pakistan' 我们已经有'厕所恐怖分子'了，就是巴基斯坦。 Vision Viksit Mumbai1 Tunnel Project: The Mulund-Goregaon Link Road Project in Mumbai has been stuck for more than 30 years, apparently due to a lack of tunnel permissions 隧道项目：孟买的Mulund-Goregaon连接线项目卡了30多年，显然是因为没拿到隧道许可。 Indian IT Coolie Politician family & friends Contractors 政客的家人和朋友当承包商。 M T Go and see the 8 km long igatpuri-nasik tunnel. Its as good as any world class structure 去看看8公里长的Igatpuri-Nasik隧道。跟世界级建筑一样棒。 Free Balochistan We have the world's highest bridge 我们有世界最高的桥。 beerBABA What is stop you from moving to China 你自己为什么不搬到中国去？ SageofDharma soon we will have too 很快我们也会有的。 Sandeep Rathee Amazing 太厉害了。 Danny AK In india they will think of destroying the landscape by cutting the trees 在印度，他们会觉得砍树破坏了景观。 rakesh giri goswami Castism, regionalism, nepotism, corruption is preventing India to become like China, 1st remove above evils then compare 种姓制度、地方主义、裙带关系、贪污，这些阻碍印度变成中国那样。先除掉这些恶习，再比较。 Varrun Mehra Voter base only seeking freebies or reservation or kids 选民只想要免费福利、预留名额，要么就是生孩子。 ShetleyPudi Money and selfish politics of opposition parties? . Improving Indian Infrastructure is not the priority of opposition parties. 钱和反对党的自私政治？改善印度基础设施不是反对党的优先事项。 Insight to incite works llc They are busy taking over other countries. You know the Aryan Race? Joke! 他们忙着占领别的国家。你知道雅利安种族吗？笑话！ iamOnir Greed … corruption… ans obsession with Religion. 贪婪，腐败，还有对宗教的痴迷。 Manzoor M. Ahmed Amazing. And in India 10 ft bridges are collapsing before inauguration. Vishwaguru, my foot. 太厉害了。而在印度，10英尺的桥还没剪彩就塌了。 Shakeel One of the incredible engineering marvel in India "World's Largest Lift Irrigation Project" built by Shri. KCR Garu. only Congress & BJP stops this kind of development. this both parties are curse to india. 印度有个了不起的工程奇迹——'世界最大提水灌溉项目'，由Shri. KCR Garu建造。 只有国大党和人民党阻碍这种发展。 这两个党是印度的祸害。 Arijit Nobody Casteism, classism, racism, inferiority complex 种姓制度、阶级歧视、种族主义、自卑情结。 Kingshuk Nandi Environmental activists 环保活动人士。 Sandeep Mukherjee What's stop India?Simple. Kanwar yatras, Kumbhs and sundry other similar stuff. 什么阻碍印度？很简单。 Kanwar游行、大壶节，还有其他类似的玩意儿。 Humanity People of India who vote for the corrupt and based on religion. 印度那些给腐败分子投票，还按宗教投票的人。 Mendhakchan Activist, nature lover and shi yk if they do the same thing they would disappear faster than the trees 活动人士、自然爱好者，还有那些……你懂的，要是他们敢这么干，消失得比树还快。 sowhat_blah Hate, infighting amongst its own people, and distancing themselves from the USA and not being the reason of the destruction of BRICS, India has some many possibilities but it sells itself short because of ideology, unlike China. 仇恨、内斗，跟美国疏远，没成为摧毁金砖国家的原因。印度有很多可能，但因为意识形态，看低自己，不像中国。 CosmosChill Unlike socialist China run by meritocrats, India is a brahmin bania welfare state run by oligarchs 中国是社会主义国家，由精英管理；印度则是婆罗门和商人的福利国家，由寡头统治。 Y Singh Gosh! Don't know where to start! (With what all is stop India) 天啊！都不知道从哪说起！阻碍印度发展的东西太多了 Devindraa Singh Most of the budget is consumed in Revdi distribution 大部分预算都花在发'糖果'上了。 Riyaaz Syed India's really step up! Just last month, Meenal and I drove through the Atal Tunnel—what an experience. Few more years, a bit more momentum, and we'll have plenty of marvels here too 印度真的在进步！就在上个月，我和Meenal开车穿过Atal隧道——太震撼了。再过几年，再加把劲，我们这里也会有很多奇迹。 Shankar Bharadwaj India has many such project has been commissioned or about to be commissioned such as Chenab bridge, wip of north east railway project, bullet train projects, metro project etc. 印度有很多这样的项目已经通车或即将通车，比如Chenab桥、东北铁路项目在建部分、高铁项目、地铁项目等等。 Kishore Tamhaney Wait and come to Mumbai Pune expressway after 3 months to witness the engineering marvel created by Indian engineers, Indian technicians and Indian karmayogis when the 185 metres high cable stayed bridge is opened for traffic. I am sure when you visit there you will be proud. 等三个月后，来孟买-浦那高速公路看看。185米高的斜拉桥通车时，就能见证印度工程师、技术人员和劳动者创造的工程奇迹。我保证你去了会自豪。 kumar I liked way the bridge anchored this side of mountain and just beside the road (without damaging much of greenery) 我喜欢这座桥的锚固方式，就在山这边，紧挨着公路（没怎么破坏绿化）。 Rajan Darwinian Not enough NVidia chips to generate such in credible graphics in high definition. 没有足够的英伟达芯片，生成不了这么高清的逼真图像。 Sanjeeva Karunakar Unmitigated corruption, abetted and aided by the current ruling polity. Corruption was always present but never in this scale of unimaginable proportions. 腐败肆无忌惮，还有现任执政集团的纵容和支持。以前也有腐败，但从没到这么离谱的程度。 继续阅读： 工程 奇迹 此文由 三泰虎 编辑，未经允许不得转载！：首页 > 大国 » 中国令人惊叹的工程奇迹，是什么使得印度成为不了这样的国家
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