Opening Scene: A Train, a Funeral, a Pattern
The platform at Sibi was unusually quiet. The usual bustle of chai vendors and porters was replaced by a suffocating silence. A handful of coffins, draped in green, were being offloaded from what was once the Jaffar Express—a lifeline connecting Balochistan to the rest of Pakistan. A few days earlier, the train was ambushed. Carriages were set ablaze. Twenty-five lives were lost.
The attackers? The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).
The weapons? Traced back to foreign sources.
The silence from India? Deafening.
And yet again, a familiar pattern emerged. Pakistan counted its dead. India denied involvement. And the world turned the page.
The Pattern Behind the Chaos
To understand South Asia in 2025, you don’t need more summits. You need receipts. Drone wreckage. Confessions. Financial trails. Bodies.
Pakistan’s geopolitical story isn’t about victimhood—it’s about vigilance. For every act of sabotage, there’s been a diplomatic hand extended. For every jet downed in defense, there’s been a speech calling for restraint.
And yet, India’s hybrid warfare doctrine—built on proxies, propaganda, and plausible deniability—remains unchecked.
Pakistan’s Record: From Restraint to Responsibility
In 1974, as India tested its first nuclear weapon, Pakistan appealed to non-proliferation. In 1999, while Pakistani diplomats traveled to New Delhi for peace talks, Indian boots crossed into Kargil. In 2008, following the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan offered joint investigations.
Each time, the response wasn’t dialogue. It was deflection.
Even Modi’s 2015 visit to Lahore, while hailed as a diplomatic gesture, collapsed into escalation within weeks—fueled by media hysteria and political posturing.
Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos: A Doctrine of Precision
When India launched 84 drones across the Line of Control in May 2025, many saw it as an attempt to push Pakistan into overreaction. But Islamabad activated Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos instead—a military doctrine defined not by rage, but restraint.
Six Indian jets were downed, including four French-made Rafales. India’s much-touted S-400 air defense system was disabled. Yet not a single civilian target was struck. Pakistan released footage, radar logs, and satellite images. It wasn’t a war. It was a case study in deterrence.
The Proxy Nexus: BLA, BSN, and TTP
Kulbhushan Jadhav: The Smoking Gun
In 2016, Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav was captured inside Balochistan. His confessions were chilling: coordination with BLA operatives, facilitation of sabotage operations, and regular briefings with Indian intelligence handlers. India denied everything. But the confession was recorded, public, and submitted to international bodies.
The Jaffar Express Attack (2025)
Carried out by the BLA, the train hijacking killed mostly security personnel. The weapons recovered bore serial numbers traced back to arms trafficked from across the Afghan border—routes linked to India’s covert networks in the region. The UN Security Council condemned it as terrorism. India stayed silent.
TTP's Afghan Sanctuary
Operation Zarb-e-Azb in 2014 dismantled most of the TTP’s physical presence in Pakistan. But they didn’t vanish. They migrated. Rebuilding in Afghanistan, they found new lifelines—logistics, encrypted comms, and funding. A January 2025 PRIF Blog report and a Financial Times investigation confirmed the link: Indian handlers aiding TTP resurgence.
Indian Chronicles: The Disinformation Empire
In 2020, EU DisinfoLab dropped a bombshell: a 15-year covert operation run by India, involving over 750 fake media outlets, dead journalists’ identities, and front NGOs lobbying at the UN.
The operation, dubbed Indian Chronicles, aimed to:
- Discredit Pakistan internationally
- Fabricate narratives of human rights abuses in Balochistan
- Divert attention from India’s crackdown in Kashmir and persecution of minorities
This was not influence-building. This was narrative warfare.
Inside Pakistan: Unity Is the Counter-Narrative
While India’s media stokes anti-Muslim hysteria and lynch mobs, Pakistan’s internal story is one of growing cohesion. In 2025 alone:
- Christians in Islamabad lit candles in solidarity with Sikh protestors in Nankana Sahib
- Hindus in Sindh held peace marches after India's propaganda on forced conversions
- Interfaith prayers were held in response to the BLA and TTP attacks
Where India exports discord, Pakistan cultivates unity.
International Response: Slowly Turning Tide
- The UN OHCHR 2018 Kashmir report was the first major institutional rebuke of India’s occupation.
- Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch consistently highlight India’s human rights violations.
- US and EU briefings now openly refer to India’s influence operations and hybrid strategies in Afghanistan.
India, once considered the “democratic counterweight” to China, is now under growing scrutiny.
A Doctrine Called Controlled Dominance
Pakistan’s modern military doctrine is not about battlefield victories—it’s about political messaging. It’s called Controlled Dominance:
- Respond when provoked
- Target only the instigator
- Offer a path to de-escalation
After the May 2025 airspace breaches, Pakistan held off mass retaliation. It focused instead on high-value military targets and released captured drone data to the global press.
This is not weakness. It’s calibrated strength.
Diplomacy, Not Denial
In the days following Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos, Pakistan’s diplomats were everywhere:
- UN Security Council emergency briefings
- Backchannel talks with Beijing, Riyadh, Ankara, and Washington
- Press kits with proof: photos, satellite images, recovered tech
India’s media? Busy recycling hashtags.
The Moral Gap Widens
It’s not just about politics. It’s about people. Every BLA bombing, every TTP raid, every disinformation campaign affects lives—real ones. And yet, India continues to play both arsonist and firefighter.
Pakistan doesn’t claim to be perfect. But it no longer accepts being scapegoated.
Closing Words: Time to Flip the Script
The world has seen enough theatre. It’s time for transparency.
Pakistan doesn’t want war. But it will not apologize for defending its sovereignty. It will not let its minorities be weaponized. It will not let proxy groups dictate its future.
It stands with facts, not fables. With restraint, not revenge.
The question is: will the world finally listen?
Pakistan Zindabad. Dignity Zindabad.
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