Pakistan, May 25 -- There's a time to speak softly. And a time to knock loudly. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is doing the latter; knocking on the doors of Ankara, Tehran, Baku, and Dushanbe. And not a moment too soon.

Because Pakistan's story, the real one, bloodied by provocation, tempered by restraint, and muddied by decades of inconsistent messaging, has too often gone unheard. While Delhi roars about "terror proxies" and peddles dossiers across FATF corridors, Islamabad has historically mumbled in half-measures, leaning more on closed-door engagements than assertive diplomacy.

So when the state finally dispatches a high-level mission, armed not with talking points, but with a case rooted in law, fact, and the scars of regional imba...