New Delhi, May 31 -- Reeling from military humiliation on its borders and facing isolation on the global stage, a financially bankrupt Pakistan is pumping millions of dollars into high-priced Washington lobbying firms.

The massive spending blitz is a desperate bid to "camouflage" its long-standing record on cross-border terrorism and domestic human rights violations, defence and diplomatic experts revealed on Sunday.

The revelations follow public disclosures under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), which exposed Islamabad's frantic influence-buying campaign in Washington during India's devastating counter-terror strikes, code-named Operation Sindoor.

Speaking to ANI, former senior Indian diplomat Mahesh Sachdev observed tha...