Cessation of hostilities in each war offers you a moment to reflect on what was lost and what was gained. The Israel-US-Iran war, which seemed impossible to end only a heartbeat ago, has offered a veritable library of lessons to us all. And we shall focus on some of those lessons in another piece. But today, let us give credit where credit is due.

Remember the controversy that surfaced regarding a briefing to clerics of a sect? Or the violence in Karachi and the northern parts of the country? Or all that fake news shared by some disgruntled pundits about Pakistan facilitating the attack on Iran? I wonder how it feels today to be one of those individuals who either doubted or deliberately spread lies against the state of Pakistan, its army or its army chief. Pakistan has emerged as the saving grace for the region. Credit to the nation is secondary compared to what has been achieved so far.

Millions of innocent lives will not be destroyed now. The future of billions will not be cancelled because of the second-order effects of a war that brought the global economy to its knees. Now, how does it feel to be Field Marshal Asim Munir or a member of his military and intelligence teams when they played such a central role in ending a massive catastrophe? Or to be Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif when he signed that MoU to bring an end to the war? Or to be Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, who, despite a fracture due to a fall, travelled to China in pursuit of peace? We will never know because our media has stopped asking these questions. I bet it feels great. The country should be proud of these........

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