Rakhshanda Mehtab<\/p>\n
Imagine waking up to the roar of enemy jets over your city, only to watch them burst into flames and crash from the sky. That\u2019s precisely what happened yesterday when Pakistani forces, in a swift and decisive response, shot down five Indian fighter jets that brazenly violated the country\u2019s airspace in a pre-dawn act of aggression.
\nThis isn\u2019t an accident, it\u2019s a pattern. Under Modi\u2019s leadership, India has repeatedly turned military brinkmanship into political theater. For years, they\u2019ve breached ceasefire agreements along the Line of Control and international borders, using Pakistan as a convenient villain to stoke nationalist fervor. Take the 2019 Balakot strikes: a spectacle riddled with contradictions, where India claimed to destroy \u201cterror camps\u201d but provided zero proof. It was pure propaganda, crafted to paint Modi as a strongman. But when you fabricate justifications for cross-border attacks, you can\u2019t feign outrage when reality bites back.
\nThis time, Pakistan didn\u2019t just debunk India\u2019s narrative, it demolished it. The Pakistan Air Force\u2019s takedown of five jets laid bare the hollowness of India\u2019s $300 billion military machine: all flash, no strategy. The timing, as always, is telling. With elections looming, India hastily blamed Pakistan for the recent Pahalgam attack in Kashmir, another baseless accusation. Pakistan, consistent in its rejection of terrorism, condemned the attack outright and offered to assist in investigations. This is the same principled stance that guided Pakistan\u2019s response in 2019, when Indian jets crossed into its airspace. Back then, Pakistan retaliated but chose diplomacy over escalation, even returning captured pilot Abhinandan as a gesture of goodwill, a stark contrast to India\u2019s track record of imprisoning and torturing POWs.
\nTerrorists are those who murder children,not nations that prioritize restraint. Yet sections of Indian society, radicalized by state-sponsored hate, are shamelessly celebrating the deaths of innocent Kashmiris, treating bloodshed as a perverse form of patriotism. Glorifying violence against civilians isn\u2019t patriotism, it\u2019s moral bankruptcy. A regime that treats human lives as expendable props in its nationalist drama has no right to lecture others on \u201csecurity.\u201d Under Modi, India has weaponized Islamophobia, annexed Kashmir, silenced dissent, and funded militant groups in Balochistan, all while playing victim on the global stage. These terror proxies and manufactured war hysteria aren\u2019t just reckless; they\u2019re the root cause of regional instability. The world is finally taking notice. Major outlets like Reuters and the BBC have scrutinized India\u2019s dubious claims, exposing Modi\u2019s refusal to allow independent investigations into incidents like Pahalgam. Even allies are questioning the authenticity of India\u2019s propaganda, recognizing that unchecked aggression could spiral into unaffordable consequences, especially between nuclear-armed neighbors.
\nPakistan\u2019s response, in contrast, has been measured and purposeful. After Pahalgam, it pushed for dialogue. Yesterday, it prioritized civilian safety while neutralizing India\u2019s aggression. Pakistan has full right to retaliate.The nation stands united behind its armed forces not out of bloodlust, but because surrendering to Modi\u2019s bullying is not an option.
\nThe international community must wake up. India\u2019s reckless actions demand consequences: sanctions for its aggression, accountability for funding proxies, and an end to the free pass given to a regime that treats nuclear threats as campaign rhetoric. When a population is fed a steady diet of hate and lies, even the murder of children becomes a rallying cry, but the world cannot afford to tolerate a government that confuses brainwashing with leadership. Peace won\u2019t come from appeasing Modi\u2019s ego. It\u2019ll come when the world stops tolerating a government that wages war for votes and fuels chaos to mask its failures.<\/p>\n
The writer is a freelance Content Writer & Columnist. She can be reached at: rakhshandamehtab @gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rakhshanda Mehtab Imagine waking up to the roar of enemy jets over your city, only to watch them burst into flames and crash from the sky. That\u2019s precisely what happened yesterday when Pakistani forces, in a swift and decisive response, shot down five Indian fighter jets that brazenly violated the country\u2019s airspace in a pre-dawn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[13341],"class_list":{"0":"post-477421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-article","7":"tag-rakhshanda-mehtab"},"yoast_head":"\n