Despite mutual allegations of violations occurring just hours earlier, the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan continues to hold, maintaining a fragile peace amid the ongoing tensions.

Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar says his country and India have agreed to a ceasefire with immediate effect, following days of strikes and counter-strikes sparked by the April 22 terrorist attack in the Indian-administered Kashmir which claimed the lives of 26 tourists.

At least 13 people have been killed due to Indian shelling in various areas across Pakistan-administered Kashmir since last night, reports said.

Pakistan’s military launches a substantial counteroffensive against India, targeting, what Islamabad has called, multiple Indian military sites.

India and Pakistan trade barbs and exchange fresh fire across their frontier in disputed Kashmir.

India has suspended its top cricket tournament, the Indian Premier League (IPL), for a week over rising tensions with Pakistan.

India and Pakistan accuse each other of attacks as hostilities rise between the two nuclear rivals.