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India-Pakistan Ceasefire: India and Pakistan have agreed to an a ceasefire, the External Affairs Ministry stated on Saturday, adding that military operations have been stopped as of 5 PM (IST). The statement was made by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri during a very short media briefing in New Delhi.

“The Director General of Military Operations of Pakistan called the Director General of Military Operations of India at 1535 hours IST earlier today.It was agreed between them that both sides would stop all firing and military action on land and in the air and sea with effect from 1700 hours Indian Standard Time today. Instructions have been given on both sides to give effect to the understanding. The Director Generals of Military Operations will talk again on the 12th of May at 1200 hours," Misri said in a very brief statement to the media.

Reacting to the ceasefire agreement, Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah said that he welcomes the ceasefire. He said that if the decision would have reached 2-3 days before, so many lives would not have been compromised.

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"Pakistan's DGMO called our DGMO and the ceasefire was implemented. It is the responsibility of the current J&K government to assess wherever the damage has been done and start providing relief to the people. Wherever people are injured, they should get proper treatment and also get relief under the government scheme. The fire has caused a lot of damage...DCs have been instructed to immediately do a final assessment of the damage and send that assessment to us so that we can start providing relief to these houses. Also, our airport has been closed for many days, we hope that the airport will reopen after the ceasefire," Omar Abdullah said.

Following the Indian military's precision attacks on terror camps as in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Wednesday in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack, tensions between India and Pakistan sharply increased.

Since then, Pakistan has made many attempts to strike civilians and military targets along India's western and northern borders. India asserted to have reacted appropriately.