Cornered and battered, Pakistan banks on Trump to ‘arrange’ talks with India post-Op Sindoor

Cornered and battered, Pakistan banks on Trump to ‘arrange’ talks with India post-Op Sindoor

After Donald Trump falsely claimed brokering a ceasefire, Pakistani leaders from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to Bilawal Bhutto are wooing the US president to arrange talks with India.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army chief General Asim Munir attend the funeral of a person killed in an Indian airstrike on a terrorist facility conducted on May 7, 2025, under Operation Sindoor. (Photo: Pakistan ISPR)