Pakistan, July 3 -- The recent four-day military flare-up between Pakistan and India may have ended short of full-scale war, but the contest over the narrative has only grown fiercer. From Islamabad's vantage, India's loud proclamations of heroism and pre-emptive strikes ring hollow-little more than theatrics meant to conceal New Delhi's own aggression and miscalculations.

To set the records straight, India's claim that Washington tipped off Prime Minister Modi about a looming Pakistani assault on May 9 is pure drama. The facts tell a different story. Pakistan's military has made it unequivocally clear: it was India that pleaded for a ceasefire on the night of May 6 before Pakistan's counter-response had even fully unfolded. So much for ...