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The India-Pakistan ceasefire is extended to May 18, with DGMOs set to discuss border tensions. India continues holding the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance due to terrorism concerns.
New Delhi:
The ceasefire between India and Pakistan has been extended till May 18, with the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of New Delhi and Islamabad set to hold talks soon, sources said.
According to sources, the DGMOs of both countries will review the situation along the border during the meeting. Follow LIVE updates
This comes a day after India and Pakistan decided to continue their confidence-building measures to gradually reduce the high alertness levels on the Line of Control and border areas. “Further to the understanding between the two DGMOs on 10th of May 2025, it has been decided to continue the confidence-building measures so as to reduce the alertness level. As the situation develops further, we shall intimate you,” the Indian Army said in a statement.
India and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the conflict after four days of cross-border drone and missile strikes.
India launched Operation Sindoor on the intervening night of May 7 and 8 to target terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people died. India also took strong diplomatic measures, one of which was to suspend the decades-long Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan.
The neighbouring country, whose territory is used as a launchpad for terrorists, responded by launching drone and rocket strikes on Indian civilian areas and military installations. In retaliation, India struck several air bases and key military assets in Pakistan. India also intercepted multiple drones and rockets that Pakistan fired.
On May 10, India and Pakistan reached an agreement to stop all firing and military action on land, air and sea, with immediate effect. Pakistan, however, violated the agreement within hours of it coming into effect.
Pakistan offers dialogue with India
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday extended an offer of talks to India, saying Pakistan is ready to engage “for peace”.
Earlier, Islamabad, vast swathes of which are dependent on the waters of the Indus both for agriculture and drinking, wrote to the Jal Shakti ministry asking that India reconsider the decision to put the Indus Waters Treaty into abeyance. The Pakistani Ministry warned that suspending the treaty would trigger a crisis within the country.
However, India has said that the Indus Water Treaty will continue to be kept in abeyance until “cross-border terrorism by Pakistan is credibly and irrevocably stopped”.
PM Modi on Indus Water Treaty
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first message to the nation on Operation Sindoor, said that “water and blood cannot flow together” – referring to a clear message that while India may have agreed to a ceasefire with Pakistan, it has no plans to lift the hold on the Indus Waters Treaty
“Terror and talk cannot take place together. Terror and trade cannot take place together. And, water and blood also cannot flow together,” the PM said in his message.
PM Modi also warned Pakistan that India has only paused its action and its next move will depend on Pakistan’s actions.
