Under Operation Sindoor that is now in its third day, India will keep the escalation dominance and maintain that de-escalation rests on Pakistan. India will ensure that the cost imposed on Pakistan will be greater than whatever cost Pakistan would try to impose on India.

This threat is of cyber-attack, under which an attempt can be made to target important institutions. In recent times, Pakistan has carried out many cyber-attacks targeting Indian institutions, most of which have failed.

It was a remark that invited much scorn on social media. The Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif told his country's Parliament on May 9 that "the drone attac