Pakistan, May 8 -- In the early hours of May 7, India breached a dangerous threshold. Its fighter jets violated Pakistan's sovereignty, striking deep into Azad Kashmir and eyeing Pakistan proper. One of the reported targets was the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Plant: a civilian energy facility vital to the country's power grid and the lives that depend on it.

This was not a defensive maneuver but a calculated escalation disguised as a response to the April 22 Pahalgam attack, for which India has yet to provide a shred of credible evidence. Instead of pursuing truth or investigation, New Delhi chose theatrics. First came the diplomatic expulsions, then the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, and now these airstrikes, part of what Indian me...