International isolation "appears to be looming over" Pakistan all thanks to its inaction against terrorism, wrote Pakistani newspaper, The Nation, in what is its second hard-hitting editorial in two weeks, against the government and the security agencies there.


This is particularly significant, because The Nation is a newspaper considered close to the Pakistani government as well as the military establishment. And in the context of Prime Minister Narendra Modi sparing no efforts to continually highlight cross-border terror attacks - yesterday he alluded to Pakistan as the " mothership of terror " - Pakistan's own media stepping in to rap its government's knuckles could well be a sign that civil society there is rattled, following the Uri attack in India and its global condemnation.


Citing the fact that even Pakistan's so-called strategic ally, China, has expressed concern about inaction on terror, the editorial says that the government needs to indiscriminately crack down on all non-state terror actors, and back its words with action.


"Modi's statement shows just how committed New Delhi is when it comes to isolating Pakistan globally. From cancelling the Saarc summit to boycotting Pakistani artistes, the Modi regime is hell-bent on weakening Pakistan at every international forum... When and if isolated, the impact would be drastic, and Pakistan would never want that," says the editorial.