Pakistan announces ceasefire along LoC

Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali yesterday announced a unilateral ceasefire by Pakistan on the volatile Line of Control in Kashmir, urging India to come up with a positive response in the interest of peace between the two nuclear rivals.

"Our armed forces deployed on the Line of Control have been ordered to observe a complete ceasefire starting from the first day of Eid." In a nationally televised address, Jamali said Pakistan would look forward to a matching response by India.

India said it would react today to Pakistan's offer, a Foreign Ministry spokeman said in New Delhi.