India, Pakistan accuse each other of violating ceasefire – DW – 05/10/2025

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry stressed its commitment to the ceasefire agreement reached earlier today, amid Indian accusations that Pakistan has violated the truce.

“Notwithstanding the violations being committed by India in some areas, our forces are handling the situation with responsibility and restraint,” a spokesperson to the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said. 

“We believe that any issues in smooth implementation of the ceasefire should be addressed through communication at appropriate levels,” the spokesperson added. “The troops on ground should also exercise restraint.”

In an address to the nation late on Saturday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated his nation on what he described as a “victory.”

In the address, where he did not touch upon Indian accusations that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire, Sharif said the latest escalation was “just an excuse from India,” arguing that it was unrelated to the Pahalgam attack. He described it as “baseless war [that] was inflicted upon us.”

He said the fighting in the past few days was a testament to Pakistani soldiers’ bravery.

The Pakistani prime minister also celebrated the ceasefire agreement announced earlier on Saturday.

“This is a success for the army and the whole Pakistani nation… This is victory,” he said.

Sharif concluded his address by saying he was fully confident that water sharing, Kashmir and all other controversial issues with India would be resolved.

While there have been reports of drone attacks in Kashmir even after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday, the fact that both sides are claiming victory could bode well, an international relations and security expert has told DW.

Speaking to DW News, Sameer Lalwani of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments said that both sides claiming a strategic win “might not be a terrible thing.”

“The only way you can get two sides to agree to climb down from this highly militarized environment is for them to both be able to tell a story to their domestic audiences that they achieved their strategic aims and pulled one over on the other,” Lalwani said. 

“If both sides can live with that and use information, or maybe even disinformation, to their advantage to make that happen, I think that’s crisis-stabilizing,” he added.

Lalwani also explained that continued exchanges of fire reported after the ceasefire had been agreed are to be expected.

“Sometimes this happens when you have a de-escalation. Even in 2019, during the last big crisis, while there was de-escalation in terms of the air war, there was continued artillery and exchange of fire on the Line of Control (LoC),” he said.

Watch the interview with Lalwani below:

India’s armed forces are “dealing with adequate and appropriate response” to “violations” of the ceasefire reached earlier today, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said in a statement on Saturday.

“For the last few hours, there have been repeated violations of the understanding arrived at earlier this evening,” Misri said, saying that New Delhi “take[s] very very serious notice of these violations.”

He called upon Islamabad “to take appropriate steps to address these violations and deal with the situation with seriousness and responsibility.”

India’s military was “maintaining a strong vision of the situation” and was instructed to “deal strongly” with the violations, he added.

Blasts were heard across the city of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday, just hours after India and Pakistan agreed on a ceasefire, according to Omar Abdullah, chief minister of the territory Jammu and Kashmir. 

“What the hell just happened to the ceasefire? Explosions heard across Srinagar!!!” he said on X.

In another post, he wrote: “This is no ceasefire. The air defence units in the middle of Srinagar just opened up.”

The Reuters news agency also reported that blasts were heard in Jammu City and projectiles were seen in the sky. The French AFP news agency reported an anonymous Indian source saying Pakistan had violated the ceasefire agreement.  

The ceasefire agreed by India and Pakistan has been welcomed by UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

“Today’s ceasefire between India and Pakistan is hugely welcome. I urge both parties to sustain this. De-escalation is in everybody’s interest,” he posted on X.

Tensions escalated earlier this week after India launched missile strikes, targeting what it said were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Kashmir has been contested between Pakistan and India since 1947 and the two nuclear-armed neighbors each administer part of the region but claim ownership of all the territory.

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has said his country and Pakistan had reached an understanding and that New Delhi would maintain a firm line against terrorism.

“India and Pakistan have today worked out an understanding on stoppage of firing and military action,” he said in a message on the social media platform X.

“India has consistently maintained a firm and uncompromising stance against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. It will continue to do so,” he wrote.

India has claimed that Pakistan is supporting terrorism from across the border after a deadly attack on civilians in the Kashmir region on April 22 that killed 26 people.

Pakistan has denied any involvement and called for an independent investigation. 

India and Pakistan agreed to the ceasefire bilaterally, sources in India told DW. 

“The stoppage of firing and military action between India and Pakistan was worked out directly between the two countries,” the source said, adding that there was no decision to hold talks on any other issue at any other place.

Earlier on Saturday, US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the agreement came after 48 hours of talks, with Washington’s involvement.

Pakistan has fully reopened its airspace for all types of flights, the country’s airports authority has said.

“All airports across the country are now available for regular flight operations,” a statement read.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said India and Pakistan had chosen a “path of peace” as the two countries agreed to a ceasefire.

“Over the past 48 hours, Vice President Vance and I have engaged with senior Indian and Pakistani officials, including Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir, and National Security Advisors Ajit Doval and Asim Malik. I am pleased to announce the Governments of India and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire and to start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site,” Rubio posted on X.

The Indian Foreign Ministry has said Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations had called the Director General of Military Operations of India on Saturday afternoon, and it had been agreed that all sides would stop firing. 

“It was agreed between them that both sides would stop all fighting and military action on land and in the air and sea with effect of 17:00 hours Indian Standard Time today (1230 UTC/GMT),” Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said. “Instructions have been given on both sides to give effect to this understanding.”

Military officials would speak again on May 12, Misri added.

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed the ceasefire previously announced by US President Donald Trump.

“Pakistan and India have agreed to a ceasefire with immediate effect,” Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on X.

“Pakistan has always strived for peace and security in the region, without compromising on its sovereignty and territorial integrity!”

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that both India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire, though neither country has confirmed the arrangement.

“After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. Congratulations to both countries on using Common Sense and Great Intelligence,” Trump posted on social media.

Viral social media posts claim to show India’s attacks on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. But some videos are used out of context and are seemingly aimed at stoking tensions even further.

DW’s fact-checking team had a look at some of the viral videos doing the rounds in the context of the escalation between India and Pakistan.

Read DW’s full report here.

Amid heightened military tensions and ongoing cross-border shelling and drone activities between India and Pakistan escalating, the Indian government has ordered the blocking of 8,000 accounts on X and the removal of Pakistan-linked content across digital platforms. Some Indian news portals like Maktoob Media, The Kashmiriyat, and The Wire have also been impacted.

DW has more on that here.