India, May 28 -- As tensions escalated between India and Pakistan after the deadly Pahalgam attack and India's retaliatory military strike under Operation Sindoor, both nations decided to take an unconventional route to influence global policy.

For this purpose, both India and Pakistan have hired former insiders from Donald Trump's political orbit aslobbyists in Washington, DC.

India has enlisted Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Trump, to represent its interests in the US capital. Miller's firm, SHW Partners LLC, will receive $1.8 million annually to provide strategic counsel, tactical planning, and government relations assistance.

"This is not a new practice. This has been in place for several decades and under successive governments...