The Marka-E-Haq is a remembrance of the day our forces fought with bravery and professionalism against the aggressive Indian forces who violated the sovereignty of the state last year in May.
The conflict initiated with the Pahalgam terror incident claimed by The Resistance Front (TRF) on 22nd April 2025, which resulted in the killing of 26 Indian tourists, and without any enquiry, the BJP government and its mouthpiece media labelled Pakistan as behind the group and asked for strikes on Pakistan.
The Indian government held the 1960 Indus Water Treaty in abeyance, which Pakistan called an act of war. The Indian media hyped the situation, and propaganda put extra pressure on the war hawks in the BJP government, which was already in line to get domestic political support in its favour to win the coming elections in Bihar.
Finally, on 7th May, India started the military operation known as Operation Sindoor.
The war saw the largest air war in modern history since the end of the Second World War, beginning with 114 fighter jets (72 Indian and 42 Pakistani) engaged.
The aerial warfare resulted in Pakistan Air Force (PAF) dominance as they shot down six Indian fighter jets, including Rafale jets.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) targeted nine Pakistani locations, which they called terror camps, and described it as a non-escalatory campaign aimed at killing terrorists.
However, this resulted in the violation of the sovereignty of a state and led to the death of 27 innocent civilians and damage to civilian infrastructure.
The next few days witnessed increased drone activity and mortar fire along the borders.
Finally, on the morning of 10th May, Pakistan launched its historic military operation known as Operation Bunyan um Marsoos and struck Indian military bases in Pathankot and Udhampur with Fateh-1 and Fateh-2 rockets.
Indian forces responded with BrahMos missiles on Pakistani air bases.
Finally, both states agreed to a ceasefire brokered by President Trump on 10th May 2025.
Since last year’s war, Pakistan’s global standing has increased. Pakistan emerged victorious as India was badly humiliated on the global stage and Modi’s dream of Akhand Bharat was shattered.
Pakistan, since the war of 2025, has never looked back, and its geopolitical standing has increased since the May 2025 war.
Pakistan has shifted its focus from India and Afghanistan to a more volatile West Asian region.
The violence and espionage activities of Indian nationals in Gulf states and Iran, as well as their strategic cooperation with Israel, have further reduced New Delhi’s role in the West Asian political and security order
It has taken a central role in the Gaza Peace Board to establish peace in the region and in the Iran–US war, where it has emerged as a major facilitator to end the conflict.
Islamabad pulled off one of its major foreign policy successes and was able to break the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran on 7th April 2026 when Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif announced the details of the ceasefire in his post on X.
It has facilitated the Islamabad Talks on 11–12 April 2026 to end the war between Iran and the US.
Pakistan’s leadership has been able to gain the confidence of both Washington and Tehran, and its backchannel diplomacy is bringing both closer to an agreement to end hostilities.
This includes progress towards agreement on issues facing the conflict, from freezing uranium enrichment to removing sanctions and opening the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to 20% of global energy supplies.
Political and military leadership did secure the world from what could have been the Third World War and possibly a nuclear apocalypse.
The international standing was not only limited to West Asia but also in the South Asian region as well.
Pakistan established its military superiority, particularly as the myth of defence systems like S-400 and Akash has eroded, and Rafale lost its pride against the J-10C fighter jet equipped with PL-15 Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missiles during the May 2025 conflict.
Pakistan Air Force dominated the skies of the region, and the myth of Rafale has been shattered.
The war has also ended New Delhi’s well-crafted terror narrative against Pakistan.
India has a history of blaming Pakistan for every terror act on its soil, from the 2001 Parliament attack to the 2008 Mumbai attacks to the Pahalgam incident.
India has blamed Pakistan for harbouring and sponsoring terror networks and has launched so-called surgical strikes in 2016 and 2019.
This time, the narrative failed badly due to Islamabad’s policies, as Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar called for a free and fair inquiry into the incident, which New Delhi refused.
This led to the fall of the Indian narrative, and New Delhi became unable to garner support to hold Pakistan responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack last year.
On the other hand, the Indian premier agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), has made assassination attempts against Sikh leaders in Canada and the United States.
The West remains critical of RAW activities, and this has also led to a diplomatic row with Canada.
This style of assassinating opposition leaders is copied from Mossad, and New Delhi’s strategic bond with Tel Aviv is no secret.
The Indian terror acts in the West, and the lack of evidence of Pakistan’s involvement, led to the fall of its terror narrative.
New Delhi’s continued support to terror groups in Pakistan, i.e., BLA and TTP, for spreading violence in Pakistan, the United States, Canada and Europe, and their support to the Taliban regime despite their human rights violations and Zionist genocide in Gaza further marked the departure of India’s policy of peace and friendship.
The violence and espionage activities of Indian nationals in Gulf states and Iran, as well as their strategic cooperation with Israel, have further reduced New Delhi’s role in the West Asian political and security order.
The closure of the border is costing more than 50 billion losses monthly and has halted trade between the two states
This led New Delhi’s policy to isolate Pakistan globally to backfire, as since May 2025, Modi’s India has been in isolation, and the world has refused to side with them and their fabricated narrative.
During the war, only Afghanistan and Israel sided with India, which itself is a success for Pakistan.
This is because the state that wanted to isolate Pakistan globally and brand it a terror-sponsoring state is now supported by two of the most controversial nations, whose policies are themselves questioned.
The image of Modi as Vishwaguru is destroyed, as no one bothered to consult him on global affairs, and the opposition criticised the Modi government and its External Affairs Minister, Jaishankar’s foreign policy.
Modi was humiliated by the Trump administration and faced more than 50% tariffs on Indian goods and was refused a waiver to allow New Delhi to continue its operations in the Iranian Chabahar port, and purchase discounted oil from Russia.
This was the biggest embarrassment, as India has surrendered its strategic autonomy to Donald Trump and US policies.
Modi and India are completely ignored in the Middle East, as he did not condemn Israeli actions in Gaza and the assassination of the Iranian Supreme Leader in February 2026.
Meanwhile, Islamabad enjoys friendly ties with Russia, China and the United States and continues to maintain a delicate balance despite increased strategic competition in the Trump 2.0 period.
Pakistan’s reliance on Beijing has grown, as China provides more than 70% of weapons, including modern fighter jets J-10C and J-35 as well as PL-15 and PL-17 BVR missiles and Beidou satellites.
The economic partnership has also blossomed under the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) since 2015.
CPEC 2.0 was signed last year for the transfer of technology and innovation in the agriculture sector.
Pakistan’s use of Chinese technology, including Beidou satellites as well as J-10C fighter jets and PL-15 missiles, has marketed Chinese technology, and its outcome is considered far more advanced than it is perceived in the West.
On the other side, Pakistan’s ties with Washington are warmer since the May war.
The Trump administration highly regards Pakistan’s military and political leadership, and they have been able to gain the confidence of the Trump administration.
Field Marshal Asim Munir became a favourite Field Marshal and a trustworthy person of President Trump and was twice invited to the White House.
Trump praised Pakistan’s role in preventing nuclear war and for listening to his call for a ceasefire, and has criticised and humiliated Modi for not acknowledging his role as a peacemaker.
Trump, on the occasion of the Sharm el-Sheikh Peace Conference in October 2025, praised the Field Marshal and Pakistan and acknowledged their role in the establishment of peace.
He even mocked the Indian jets shot down by PAF during the May war on more than fifty occasions.
The success story continued to achieve results from South Asia to West Asia, as Pakistan became the net security provider to Gulf states.
Its defence agreement with Saudi Arabia last year reflected its commitment to defend the kingdom from external threats by providing military support, including its nuclear umbrella.
The Iran–US war has opened the doors for other Gulf states to join the Pakistani nexus against threats from the Zionist alliance in advancing their objectives of Greater Israel.
Meanwhile, Islamabad continues to view terrorism as a threat to its peace and development.
Proxy groups like BLA and TTP have been carrying out terror strikes in Pakistani territory for far longer, and they find safe havens in Afghanistan under the protection of the Taliban regime.
These terror groups are involved in the Jaffer Express hijacking in January 2025 and Operation Herof in 2026, which targeted major centres of Balochistan by BLA fighters, and the deadliest attacks in January and February on civilian and military personnel.
The coordinated attacks in Balochistan by BLA and TTP in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa diverted Pakistan’s armed forces to two fronts.
Pakistan closed the border with Afghanistan in October 2025 in response to its support for terror outfits.
The closure of the border is costing more than 50 billion losses monthly and has halted trade between the two states.
Pakistan launched Operation Ghazab ul Haq in February 2026 against the Taliban and its proxies, TTP and BLA, who were pushed back to where they came from following continuous strikes on their hideouts in Afghanistan since February 2026.
Pakistan’s policy of aggressive action against terror networks has reduced their activities in Pakistan.
The reduction in terror activities, as well as the Iran crisis, has pushed Pakistan to become a centre of trade with Central Asian republics via Iran, and it is providing links with Iran and China and access to Iranian containers to Pakistani ports.
Pakistan’s ports Karachi and Gwadar provide secure platforms to international ships during the crisis. Karachi alone handled 8,860 containers in March 2026 compared to 8,300 in 2025. These ports also provided Tehran a chance to conduct international trade, bypassing the US blockade of Hormuz.
It seemed that Marka-E-Haq has provided mich needed boost & brought good luck for Pakistan. Pakistan has achieved foreign success on the international front despite all the issues & problems on the domestic front.