India has accused
Pakistan of deciding to block access to all Indian government websites in May 2017, it has been revealed amid rising tensions between the two nations.
The websites have only opened intermittently since then in Pakistan, it has been claimed.
Pakistan has blocked the websites deliberately to prevent Indian diplomats and officials from accessing their own government websites, according to Indian authorities.
However, the lack of access to the websites also has meant the Indian high commission has received several complaints from Pakistani nationals who said they were unable to access Indian visa forms.
One Indian official said: "This has led to mushrooming of agents who have helped Pakistan nationals fill up visa forms through proxy servers.”
The news has come after Pakistan earlier this week furiously accused India of violating the ceasefire in place along the contested border known as the Line of Control (LoC) as it issued a shocking warning that suggested flaring tensions are not likely to ease soon.
Islamabad’s Foreign Minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, declared the nuclear-armed nation does not see a resolution to consistent attacks along the LoC and Working Boundary in the foreseeable future.
He stated: “India is violating the ceasefire agreement time and again on the LoC and the Working Boundary.
“In such circumstances we are not expecting improvement in relations between the two countries.”
Pakistan has stated heavy mortar fire and automatic weapons are behind the killings and injuries.
Earlier this month, New Delhi’s Minister of State for Home Affairs, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, said “meaningful dialogue” between the two nuclear-armed nations could only be held in an “atmosphere free of terror”.
He explained: “Any meaningful dialogue can be held only in an atmosphere free of terror, hostility and violence.
“The onus is on Pakistan to create such a conducive atmosphere.
“India will continue to take firm and decisive steps to respond to cross-border terrorism.”
Last month Pakistan claimed New Delhi was responsible for over 190 ceasefire violations this year, killing 13 civilians and injuring 65 more.
The main area of tension between the India and Pakistan is in the Jammu and Kashmir region.
The area has been widely contested for years - the Indo-Pakistan wars of 1947, 1965 and 1999 were centred around competing claims for the area.