India-Pakistan conflict: Omar Abdullah says explosions heard in Srinagar hours after ceasefire

Explosions heard in Srinagar, says Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah

Hours after India and Pakistan announced their decision to stop cross-border firing, the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister stated that several explosions were heard in Srinagar.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah calls for immediate relief for affected civilians

Welcoming the agreement between India and Pakistan to stop cross-border firings, the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said the administration in the Union Territory should assess the damage done due to the strikes and provide relief to affected civilians.

“I welcome the ceasefire,” he was quoted as saying by ANI. “If it had happened two-three days ago, the lives we lost would not have been lost.”

The Indian armed forces said that they had damaged Pakistani air bases in Skardu, Jacobabad, Sargodha and Bholari.

This was over and above the Pakistani defence targets that the Indian military said it had hit at Rafiqi, Murid, Chaklala (Rawalpindi), Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur and Chunian “using air-launched precision weapons from our fighter aircraft”.

India says ceasefire decision ‘worked out directly’ with Pakistan

The Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said that the decision to stop the firing was “worked out directly between the two countries”.

“There is no decision to hold talks on any other issue at any other place,” the ministry added.

The statement...

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