PAK ARMY VIOLATES CEASEFIRE

India and Pakistan Saturday reached an understanding to stop all firings and military actions on land, air and sea, with immediate effect after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes that brought the two countries teetering on the edge of full scale war.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Barely hours after this development first announced by US President Donald Trump who claimed that the two countries have agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after US mediation, Jammu and Kashmir was shaken by a series of drone sightings in the night followed by explosions, prompting security personnel to engage air defence systems to bring them down.

Top government sources, however, clearly said that the bilateral understanding was the result of a direct engagement between the Indian and Pakistani sides and that Islamabad agreed to it with “no pre conditions, no post conditions and no links to other issues.”

India late in the night accused Pakistan of breaching the understanding.

At a media briefing, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri called upon Pakistan to take appropriate steps to address these violations and deal with the situation with “seriousness and responsibility”.