This was stated by Deputy Editor of India Today Swapan Dasgupta while delivering a lecture on `Post-Kargil Scenario' organised by the Bharatiya Vichar Manch here on Sunday.

Dasgupta, who had discussions with a host of Pakistani intellectuals and former ISI chiefs -- including Hamid Gul and Assad Durrani -- said that there was a mood of despondency in Pakistan which was clear from the words like `debacle', `national humiliation', `misadventure' and `failure' being frequently used by intellectuals and the media there while referring to the withdrawal of Pakistani-supported Mujahideens from Kargil.