No expiry date set for our ceasefire with Pak: Army

The understanding between India and Pakistan to cease military hostilities is open-ended and does not have "an expiry date" at the moment, the Indian Army said on Sunday, rejecting reports from Islamabad that the truce was recently extended to May 18.

- Rahul Singh

"As far as continuation of break in hostilities is concerned, as decided in DGMOs (directors general of military operations) interaction of May 12, there is no expiry date to it," the army said in a brief statement. To be sure, India has laid down a marker that the fate of the May 10 ceasefire hinges on Pakistan's behaviour.

It ended the four-day military confrontation that stoked fears of a full-blown shooting war. The army clarified that no DGMO-level talks were planned for Sunday.

On May 15, the Indian Army said it will push "confidence building measures" (CBMs) along the border with Pakistan "to reduce the alertness level" there, hours after Pakistan's foreign minister Ishaq Dar said that the May 10 ceasefire had been extended till May 18.