ISLAMABAD:

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Friday praised the media's role in countering Indian narratives during the conflict, describing the period as "extraordinary circumstances".

Addressing a meeting of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) in Islamabad, Tarar commended journalists for delivering Pakistan's message to the world against India's far larger media machine.

"Right from the beginning, it was a war of narratives," he noted. "The enemy had greater resources, international interest, lobbying and PR firms. International media outlets had employees of Indian origin because of their greater population."

Tarar stressed that Pakistan's strength lay not in numbers or resources but in "having the truth." "The truth cannot hide or be countered," he said. "While

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