A new Pakistan

THE recent standoff with India in May has suddenly recalibrated Pakistan’s global image, offering it a rare moment of diplomatic and strategic ascendancy. Once struggling on the geo-economic front, Islamabad has found renewed space in the geopolitical theatre, not just as a reactive player, but as one redefining its regional and global bearings.

The conflict, while perilous, proved to be an inadvertent diplomatic windfall for Pakistan. New Delhi’s narrative on terrorism, long used to isolate Islamabad...