New Delhi, May 11 -- That Pakistan lives in its own delusionary world was evident once again when its Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hailed the ceasefire understanding with India a "historic victory" in his address to the nation. Describing Pakistan as the victim of an "unjustified war" allegedly waged by India and using the Pahalgam incident as a pretext, he portrayed the ceasefire not as a diplomatic understanding initiated by Islamabad, but as the result of Pakistan's supposed military prowess.

The reality, of course, is quite different as Pakistan' s own director general of military operations reached out to India with a request to end hostilities, which resulted in a mutually agreed ceasefire with no concessions from India.

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