With public outrage mounting over Pakistan’s proxy terrorists killing 26 civilians at Pahalgam in Kashmir, Operation Sindoor was carried out successfully by Indian armed forces in a pre-dawn calibrated strike on terror infrastructure in Pakistan.

On 22 April, a terrorist assault in Kashmir deeply impacted India, marking the first significant breach in the region since New Delhi’s abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. In Baisaran, near Pahalgam—a renowned tourist destination in Kashmir—five armed terrorists brazenly opened fire on tourists, resulting in 26 casualties.

The Resistance Front, a covert terrorist faction linked to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), initially claimed responsibility for the attack before retracting the statement, citing a “coordinated cyber intrusion". Nonetheless, New Delhi responded swiftly—suspending the Indus Water Treaty, sealing the Attari land border, recalling Indian advisors from Islamabad, reducing the diplomatic staff at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, and mandating all Pakistani passport holders to depart India by 1 May—measures clearly intended to downgrade diplomatic relations with Pakistan.

Initially, Islamabad dismissed New Delhi’s allegations, branding the terror incident a “false flag operation" by India and implementing reciprocal diplomatic actions. However, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s........

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