{"id":183802,"date":"2025-09-18T10:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=183802"},"modified":"2025-09-18T10:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:18:56","slug":"observers-question-modis-victory-claim-in-operation-sindoor-amid-pakistans-rising-stature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/09\/18\/observers-question-modis-victory-claim-in-operation-sindoor-amid-pakistans-rising-stature.html","title":{"rendered":"Observers question Modi\u2019s victory claim in \u2018Operation Sindoor\u2019 amid Pakistan\u2019s rising stature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-183803\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/images-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Islamabad: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s claim that India \u201cbrought Pakistan to its knees\u201d through Operation Sindoor has drawn sharp skepticism from observers, who argue that recent international developments demonstrate a very different reality\u2014one where Pakistan\u2019s stature has risen while India\u2019s influence has declined.<\/p>\n<p>According to political analysts, Modi\u2019s triumphalist assertions are aimed at domestic audiences in poll-bound states but fail to align with the shifting balance on the global stage. They point out that far from being \u201cisolated,\u201d Pakistan\u2019s international engagements have expanded significantly in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting developments, observers noted that Pakistan\u2019s military leadership, including Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, was invited to a high-profile lunch hosted by US President Donald Trump\u2014an indication of Washington\u2019s recognition of Pakistan\u2019s strategic relevance. Soon after, Pakistan\u2019s troops were accorded a prominent role in China\u2019s grand military parade in Beijing, underscoring the deepening of Sino-Pak defense ties. Most recently, Islamabad finalized a major defense cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, a development widely seen as a reaffirmation of Pakistan\u2019s pivotal role in the Muslim world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are not the signs of a country \u2018brought to its knees\u2019 but rather of a state strengthening its global standing,\u201d an observer remarked, adding that India\u2019s belligerent claims stand in sharp contrast to its growing diplomatic isolation in its neighborhood and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>They further stressed that Modi\u2019s rhetoric around Operation Sindoor, amplified through the narrative of a \u201cweeping Pakistani terrorist,\u201d serves more as a political tool than a reflection of ground realities. \u201cThe attempt is to project invincibility before voters, but the international scene tells another story\u2014one in which Pakistan is engaging confidently while India appears defensive and increasingly insecure,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts concluded that Modi\u2019s statements were less about military achievements and more about electoral optics, seeking to transform military posturing into political capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s claim that India \u201cbrought Pakistan to its knees\u201d through Operation Sindoor has drawn sharp skepticism from observers, who argue that recent international developments demonstrate a very different reality\u2014one where Pakistan\u2019s stature has risen while India\u2019s influence has declined. According to political analysts, Modi\u2019s triumphalist assertions are aimed at domestic &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":183803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/images-4-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183804,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183802\/revisions\/183804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}