Before New Delhi and Islamabad agreed to a halt to the worst violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in decades, a video of long lines outside banks was shared in posts falsely claiming it showed "panic" in Pakistan.

Regional powers—notably Saudi Arabia and Iran—are increasingly choosing a side in the ongoing fracas between New Delhi and Islamabad.

And so it goes after the brief but bruising conflict between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan with both sides loudly talking up their successes while quietly down-playing losses. On India’s frantic television news channels,