India and Pakistan have reached a ceasefire agreement following a brief period of hostilities over the past few days, United States President Donald Trump announced on Saturday.
Earlier on Saturday, the two neighbours targeted each other’s military sites as Pakistan launched “Operation Bunyan Marsoos” after three of its own airbases were hit by India’s air-to-surface missiles. Both sides claimed to have intercepted most projectiles, but also admitted that some strikes caused damage.
Pakistan’s Foreign Office issued a statement after a ceasefire with India within hours of the former’s retaliatory actions over the violation of its territorial integrity.
“Pakistan and India have agreed to reach a ceasefire understanding. However, it is important to put the relevant developments in the right perspective,” the statement said.
It read that in response to the firing of Brahmos missiles over several locations across the international border, Pakistan was constrained to retaliate to the unprovoked and unlawful Indian aggression in exercise of its right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter.
“Accordingly, Pakistan launched Operation Bunyan-ul-Marsoos early today (Saturday). Without a shred of evidence, and disregarding Pakistan’s offer for a neutral, transparent and credible investigation by international investigators, India launched multiple strikes during the nights of 7-10 May 2025 which caused loss of innocent lives including women, children and the elderly.”
The Foreign Office said that these indiscriminate attacks seriously injured dozens, in addition to causing damage to infrastructure, including places of worship.
