In the modern battle for global perception, it becomes clear who chooses to fight with facts and who relies on fiction. The recent US visit of Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, became a striking case study in this very dynamic. A narrative, driven largely by Indian media, began to circulate claiming he had been snubbed for a US Army parade. This claim, however, deliberately omitted the crucial fact that no foreign military leaders were invited.

This selective reporting raises a pertinent question: why was Pakistan’s leader singled out? The motive appears to be an attempt to manufacture a controversy to detract from a visit that was, by all other measures, profoundly successful. While a rival’s media machine focused on this falsehood,........

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