India, Oct. 5 -- Pakistan has quietly poured nearly Rs 1.9 billion Pakistani rupees (PKR) into Washington's influence industry over the past year, hiring lobbyists, lawyers, strategists and fixers to open doors in Congress, the administration and U.S. think tanks. Documents reviewed by

The Sunday Guardian reveal a fast-moving, multi-layered operation-starting with a government-linked think tank, running through Capitol Hill meetings for the Interior Minister, and expanding into million-dollar retainers with top-tier D.C. firms. It is the most concentrated lobbying surge Islamabad has mounted in recent memory.

In Pakistan's own context, PKR 1.9 billion is the equivalent of funding nearly 50,000 education scholarships, paying over 2,000 t...