Is Pakistan truly involved in cross-border terrorism with India? Does it have the capacity to orchestrate such operations today, like it may have in the 1990s? More importantly, does it have anything to gain from it in the current geopolitical climate? Or is this just another convenient narrative used by Indian politicians to deflect domestic discontent and fuel populist nationalism?

Let’s start by flipping the mirror. Imagine these same questions pointed at India: Does India interfere in Pakistan’s internal affairs? Has it supported militant groups inside Pakistan? Has it politically benefited from anti-Pakistan rhetoric?

The answers become uncomfortable when you examine them closely. But first, let’s dismantle the myth that Pakistan is a mastermind of modern cross-border terrorism.

Pakistan is not what it was in the 1990s. Today, it is a state gripped by economic collapse, political disarray, and internal power struggles. The military is locked in a silent standoff with a defiant public standing behind Imran Khan, the chief of PTI, that no longer tolerates its decades-long interference in civilian politics. Even after manipulating elections and propping up pliant parties like the PML-N and PPP, it has failed to regain control over public sentiment.

The appointment of the current Army Chief, General Asim Munir, speaks volumes. His ascension was prematurely announced not by the military, nor by the Prime Minister, but by Maryam Nawaz Sharif—the daughter of Nawaz Sharif who held no official position at the time. The premature announcement of General Asim Munir’s appointment as Army Chief by Maryam Nawaz—despite holding no........

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