I have an unconfirmed news of a rather strange nature.
It seems that the Pakistanis were told over a 'friendly chat' by 'well wishers' that should Pakistan choose to expand conflict with India, Nuclear option was a no go without Pakistan being bombed back to stone-age and then some.
No clue who said that, but multiple 'well wishers' of Pakistan told it to keep its 'exploits' limited to Social Media.
With the emerging situation, and expectation of increased Indian pressure along LC come May, and a deterioration in their Internal Security environment, the economic costs will rise exponentially. The interesting question, then, that comes to fore is 'what are Pakistan's option'?
Should it continue to play a holding game that it seems may only increase its costs or should it try to do something to make it an India-Pakistan affair?
I leave it to members to speculate on this aspect now.
I had previously asked a question on similar lines. But if this is the case, Pak Army should have hit earlier, before India got its massive military machine in place. Now with India quite well prepared there is only a single outcome that is possible.
The only probable deviation on this projection is that Pakistan will hit quick and hard, score some PR points before India can really turn the screws praying that the West will not allow India to dismember Pakistan or even decisively defeat it. Pak Army General are known to build stone bridges on feathers of hope (Op Gibraltar, Kargil etc.) and might just do it again.