Border regions slowly come back to life

After teetering on the edge for nearly a week, border regions in the north experienced a less fraught day, with no shelling, no sightings of drones, and a comparatively lighter yoke of emergency measures.

- PTI

Markets teemed with people in the border areas of Punjab on Monday, even though schools in some districts remained shut. New Delhi and Islamabad reached an understanding Saturday to halt military actions with immediate effect after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes.