Mohammad Iqbal was working the nightshift at a power plant when he got a frantic call from his family saying artillery shells were exploding around their home.

China is Pakistan’s biggest arms supplier, and its fighter jets and missiles played a key role in last week’s military exchanges with India.

Follow The Hindu’s latest developments on the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan after Operation Sindoor.

A ceasefire agreed between India and Pakistan appears to be holding, with both sides stressing their commitment to the surprise truce which halted the worst fighting in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbors.

A series of military strikes last week by India and Pakistan brought the nuclear-armed rivals closer to a broader war.

Pakistan categorically rejects the "provocative" assertions made by the Indian Prime Minister in his address yesterday, the Foreign Office said in a statement Tuesday.

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