Islamabad:Speakers at a webinar on “Narrative of truth: media’s role in building national resolve” noted that the May 2025 crisis marked a defining moment in regional military history, challenging long-standing assumptions about conventional power asymmetries in South Asia.
The function was hosted by Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) in collaboration with Information Service Academy marking the first anniversary of May 2025 Pakistan-India military escalation and its wider strategic and informational implications.
The speakers included Gen (r) Saad Khattak, Chairperson, Pakistan Institute of Conflict and Security Studies and Dr Qamar Cheema, Executive Director, Sanober. The participants described India’s unwarranted aggression in May as a major escalation that triggered a highly calibrated and successful multi-domain response from Pakistan.
Experts highlighted Pakistan’s response on 10 May 2025 as a demonstration of operational precision, escalation control, and doctrinal maturity, underscoring effective coordination across air, land and electronic warfare domains.
The conflict was also described as a real-time test of modern military systems, which significantly influenced global assessments of Pakistan’s conventional deterrence capability. It was also argued that India’s foreign and security policy was increasingly influenced by domestic electoral considerations contributing to heightened regional tensions and repeated cycles of crisis.
