Except that if the initiator does not get his chosen outcome, he lost in his objectives.
No one was going to take any of your cities, that would have been militarily suicidal. Especially when India had no reserves left except the Presidential bodyguards. Hugely populated cities would have been a military nightmare to hold. You are confusing tactical aims of India against goals & strategy employed by Pakistan which failed. The push towards Lahore was a tactical aim to benefit the strategy of relieving Pakistani pressure on Kashmir. India had no goal of taking Lahore, we didn't claim it & we didn't want it. India had no interest in Lahore unlike your interest in Kashmir. You started your military action to get Kashmir, in the end you got nothing of Kashmir & had to scramble to save Lahore.
As I have said earlier, if one makes an attempt to snatch someone's jacket, he cannot then end up claiming victory because he managed to save his shorts when retaliation came his way.