Jammu, May 22 -- The Centre's decision toresume the daily Beating Retreat Ceremony at the Attari-Wagah borderhas ignited a firestorm of criticism across the country, with military veterans, former diplomats, and prominent public figures decrying the move as ill-timed, strategically incoherent, and deeply insensitive-coming just weeks after thePahalgam terrorist attackthat claimed 26 civilian lives.
At a time when national sentiment is steeped in grief and anger, and the government has vowed to isolate Pakistan diplomatically and militarily,resuming a daily symbolic coordination with the same state sends confusing signals-both to citizens and to the international community.
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