India, May 11 -- By Swapnanil Chatterjee

New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Pakistan Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir's latest claim that India approached the United States for a ceasefire appears at odds with American lobbying disclosures showing Islamabad mounted an intense diplomatic and defence-linked outreach in Washington after India launched Operation Sindoor.

"India expressed the desire for mediation through the American leadership, which Pakistan accepted in the interest of wider regional peace," the self-promoted Field Marshal was quoted as saying by Dawn News during a ceremony at the Pakistan Army's General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Sunday.

However, filings made under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), ...