Summary
Here’s a look at the day’s key events:
The Pakistani prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has addressed the nation, thanking countries including Saudi Arabia and China for their mediation efforts in reaching the ceasefire, and blamed India for spreading false information, destroying mosques and killing civilians across Pakistan. Sharif also said: “We are a very responsible country and we have displayed this. We want peace. We are a peaceful nation… We have made this agreement of ceasefire and we have been very positive about it.”
Sharif’s address came on Saturday night, just hours after a ceasefire deal was announced, Reuters had reported Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri saying: “Pakistan has violated the ceasefire agreed today,” adding: “We call on Pakistan to halt the violation.” Misri also said that Indian armed forces have been given instructions to “strongly deal with violations along the border,” Reuters reports as witnesses in Jammu and Srinagar heard and saw blasts and projectiles across the sky.
Amid reports of renewed skirmishes between India and Pakistan on Saturday night, UK prime minister Keir Starmer said that the ceasefire between the two countries must be “lasting.” He added that the UK has been “engaged” in the ceasefire talks for “some days,” the BBC reports.
The US president, Donald Trump, announced the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan after deadly attacks between the nuclear-armed rivals. The ceasefire came after a “a long night of talks mediated by the United States”, Trump said.
The announcement, confirmed by both countries, came after India and Pakistan fired volleys of missiles across their borders on Saturday as the escalated their worst fighting in nearly three decades.
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said the agreement came after extensive negotiations by him and the US vice-president, JD Vance, with the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers, Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif, and other top officials. Both sides had earlier said they would be willing to de-escalate the conflict if the other side was willing to do the same.
Earlier on Saturday, Pakistan military officials told state-run media it had launched a retaliatory operation, targeting several bases including a missile storage site in northern India. Officials said the attack was called Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos, an Arabic phrase meaning “wall of lead”.
Pakistan’s offensive came shortly after it said India had fired missiles from fighter jets at three airbases earlier on Saturday, including one close to the capital, Islamabad. Pakistan said its air defences had intercepted most of them.
Pakistan has said it “remains committed” to the truce with India following Indian claims of ceasefire violations, AFP reports.
On Saturday night, just hours after a ceasefire deal was announced, Reuters reported Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri saying:
Pakistan has violated the ceasefire agreed today. We call on Pakistan to halt the violation.
The Pakistani prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, later said:
We are a very responsible country and we have displayed this. We want peace. We are a peaceful nation … We have made this agreement of ceasefire and we have been very positive about it.
Residents in Jammu reported drone attacks and projectiles in the sky just hours after a ceasefire was announced.
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