In geopolitics, there are no free lunches. Pakistan army chief Asim Munir must have realised it after his much-publicised closed-door lunch with US President Donald Trump last year, weeks after the conflict with India. During India’s Operation Sindoor, Pakistan was facing heavy losses. Key military bases were being hit. Pakistan rushed to the US, which was in contact with both sides. A ceasefire eventually followed, but only after Pakistan directly reached out to India, even as Trump loudly claimed to be the peacemaker. Fast forward to April 8, 2026, and the ledger seems to have been balanced. With the Iran…
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