India, Feb. 15 -- Pakistan has severed ties with a number of high-profile lobbying firms with close links to the Trump administration, just months after undertaking a lobbying blitz that saw Islamabad spend a record $600,000 a month in an effort to gain access to the highest levels of the US government. According to lobbying disclosures filed with the US Department of Justice towards the end of 2025, Pakistan has terminated its relationship with Javelin Advisors, Seiden Law, Orchid Advisers, Squire Patton Boggs and Conscience Point Consulting.

Pakistan's record increase in lobbying spending -- unmatched at any time in recent decades -- came before the Pahalgam terror attack in April and India's military response to it in May, Operation S...