FARA Filings Reveal Pakistan’s “Extraordinary” Lobbying Surge to Blunt India’s Operation Sindoor

Newly disclosed U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) filings have exposed an intensive diplomatic campaign by Pakistan to restrain India’s military momentum during Operation Sindoor in May 2025. Following a terror attack in Pahalgam in April 2025, Islamabad reportedly unleashed a “lobbying blitz,” seeking over 60 meetings with high-ranking U.S. officials, lawmakers, and media outlets. The documents reveal that Pakistan outspent India three-to-one on lobbying during this period, successfully securing a high-profile meeting between Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and President Donald Trump to press for American intervention.