Hours after ceasefire, pak violates pact
Jammu/Srinagar, May 11 -- India accused Pakistan on Saturday night of breaching an agreement to stop all military action and said it was defending against the violations, hours after an understanding announced by US President Donald Trump sought to end four days of escalating hostilities between the two neighbours.
At a hurriedly convened briefing at 11pm, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said there were "repeated violations of the understanding" over the last few hours. "This is a breach of the understanding arrived at earlier today. The armed forces are giving an adequate and appropriate response to these violations and we take very, very serious note of these violations," he said.
"We call upon Pakistan to take appropriate steps to address these violations and deal with the situation with seriousness and responsibility," Misri said, adding that the armed forces were maintaining a strong vigil on the situation.
Officials told HT that drones were sighted over Udhampur and Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, and Gujarat home minister Harsh Sanghavi confirmed similar sightings over Kutch. There were unconfirmed reports of drone sightings in the border provinces of Punjab and Rajasthan, and precautionary blackouts imposed across a wide arc of cities in five states. P4...
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