Misinformation over an Indian naval strike on Karachi Port further inflames the escalating border conflict following recent violence in Kashmir.

Some details are clouded by contradictory statements and disinformation. But a pattern of rapid escalation brought the conflict to the brink of catastrophe.

Even after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on May 10, following four days of high-stakes military confrontation, both sides are still rattling sabres. Newspapers in both countries have depicted their respective prime ministers with fists raised and eyes blazing.

At 2.09 a.m. on Saturday, Ahmad Subhan, who lives near an air base in the Pakistan military garrison city of Rawalpindi, heard the first explosion that rattled the windows of his house - and took South Asia to the brink of war.

Amid tensions between India and Pakistan, the famous Karachi Bakery in Hyderabad was vandalised, demanding that the confectionery store change its name. But why is the popular bakery named after a city in Pakistan?

From missiles targeting broad swaths of territory to water as a weapon, the threshold for the next war has been lowered.

A group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters vandalised a Karachi Bakery outlet in Shamshabad on May 10 (Saturday), a day after India and Pakistan

KARACHI: There is a deceptive calm in Pakistan's main cities. Even as 25 Indian drones penetrated deep into Pakistan's airspace in the early morning of May 8 – reaching as far as the country's economic capital,