Why India paused & didn’t end Op Sindoor after punishing Pak-backed terrorists for Pahalgam massacre

Published on May 14, 2025 02:32 pm IST

From the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu & Kashmir on April 22 to India's Operation Sindoor, to a ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan on May 10, a series of big events have taken place over the last few weeks. India has struck both terror and military infrastructure in Pakistan in the past few days. Now that the two nuclear-armed neighbours have agreed to a ceasefire, one question remains- what really happened? In this episode of Point Blank, Hindustan Times Executive Editor Shishir Gupta decodes why Pakistan had to seek a ceasefire & why India has only paused Operation Sindoor and not stopped it altogether. Watch.

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