Published on, Aug. 17 -- August 17, 2025 1:34 AM

On the night of May 7, the sky over parts of Pakistan was pierced not by the usual light of the moon but by flashes that left mosques half-open to the stars and homes turned to rubble. In Bahawalpur, a historic mosque that people went to for shelter and prayer was hit. In Muridke, a sprawling complex that had once looked after children and patients lay smashed. Across the line of that thin, bleeding map, Muzaffarabad, Kotli, and towns in Punjab, including strikes and drone incidents reported around Okara, villages and cantonment edges were ringed with smoke and question marks. Journalists on the ground counted the damage as India said it had targeted "terror infrastructure"; residents said...