This tactic of downplaying does have a downside to it, Indians understand this now that they can control the escalation ladder, and attack Pakistan conventionally after any/every attack on its soil, We have seen a steady but consistent change in Indian posture since 2016, from rthe famous "Surgical Strike", to cross border firing, from Balakot strikes to large scale Operation sindoor, each time Indian did something more intensity and more consequence, they know that Pakistan will never preemtively attack India as a smaller nation, so they will always control the escalation ladder, if things are going their way, they will continue and its things are not going their way, they will ask for ceasefire but for the internal audiance they will deny.
As for Pakistan, whether we do good or bad, we will stop when the enemy wants us to stop, either by begging for ceasefire or just a DGMO call. We could've end this whole cycle by doing a much larger damage and providing every evidence we have to international media, drawing a clear red line, establish a deterrance, but instead now we have this talwaar on our heads that whenever there is a attack in India we will have fear of war over Pakistan.