Amir Latif Arain
24 April 2025•Update: 24 April 2025
KARACHI, Pakistan
India on Wednesday closed the Attari-Wagah crossing, currently the only operational and legal land border with Pakistan after an attack by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday killed 26 people in Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi also announced revocation of SAARC visa privileges for Pakistanis and suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.
Pakistan also announced reciprocal measures, including the suspension of trade and closure of airspace for Indian aircraft.
Pakistan and India, which have long been locked in a string of disputes, including the longstanding Kashmir issue, share 3,323 kilometers (2,065 miles) long border.
There are many crossing points along the heavily guarded frontier, but most of them remain closed for limited trade and travel.
Following are some of the key land, rail and sea borders between the two arch rivals:
Wagah-Attari
The Wagah-Attari border connects Pakistan's northeastern city of Lahore with the Indian city Amritsar. It was the only permitted road link between the two neighbors until Wednesday.
The crossing is also famous for the "lowering of the flags" ceremony, which is held every evening on both sides of the border, attracting a large number of visitors.
It serves as a goods transit terminal and a railway station between Pakistan and India, apart from being a key route for the Afghan Transit Trade.
Hundreds of Pakistanis and Indians travel through this border every day.
The border also served as a key rail link between the two countries until 2019. The Samjhauta Express ran from the Indian capital Delhi to Attari on the border and then on to Lahore in Pakistan. The service remains suspended.
Ganda Singh Wala-Hussainiwala
The Ganda Singh Wala-Hussainiwala border crossing connects Pakistan's northeastern Kasur city with Firozepur in Indian Punjab.
Until 1986, it served as the principal border crossing between the two countries.
Munabao-Khokrapar
This border connects Pakistan's southern Sindh province with the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. It also served as a rail link between Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi and the Indian city of Jodhpur.
It was closed in 2019 following escalating tensions between the two countries.
Line of Control
The Line of Control, also known as LoC, divides the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region between Pakistan and India, where the two armies often exchange fire.
The disputed territory is split between them but claimed by both in its entirety.
The rivals have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir since their independence in 1947.
Sir Creek estuary
Sir Creek is a narrow marsh area between India and Pakistan.
The 96 km (59-mile) disputed area lies between India's state of Gujarat and Pakistan's Sindh province.
It has been a point of contention for decades, and talks on the maritime boundary dispute have remained inconclusive thus far.
Kartarpur Corridor
The Kartarpur Corridor is a border crossing and religious corridor connecting two holy Sikh shrines: Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan, to the Gurdwara Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur, India.
It allows Sikh pilgrims from India and other countries to visit the holy Sikh shrine in Pakistan. The corridor was inaugurated on Nov. 9, 2019, to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.
Guru Nanak spent the last 18 years of life in Kartarpur.
