On Thursday, April 24, Pakistan officially suspended the 1972 Simla Agreement in response to a series of stringent actions taken by India after more than 25 people were killed and many injured in a terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Simla Agreement—alternatively spelt Shimla Agreement—was signed on 2 July 1972 in Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh. It marked the resolution of the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War, when India’s military intervened in East Pakistan in support of the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
The agreement was intended to establish a framework for the cessation of hostilities and pave the way for normalising bilateral relations. It outlined the principles meant to guide future interactions between the two nations and emphasised a commitment to peaceful conflict resolution and mutual respect.
