FOR decades, Balochistan has predominantly been discussed through the vocabulary of security, instability and underdevelopment. Its geography and proximity to Afghanistan, Iran and the…
The proposed Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye is not the creation of a new geopolitical bloc but the institutionalization of…
THE report of the UN Security Council’s 1267 Sanctions Committee, published on 4 February, constitutes a decisive affirmation of Pakistan’s long-articulated concerns regarding the Tehreek-e-Taliban…
SECURITY operations in Tirah Valley and the former tribal districts have increasingly become targets of narrative manipulation, particularly by PTM-aligned platforms and their overseas…
AFGHANISTAN has evolved from a post-conflict state into a strategic sanctuary for transnational terrorist organizations, with consequences that extend far beyond South Asia. At the…
In mid-December 2025, the arrest of Khair-un-Nisa from Kech district was more than an intelligence success—it exposed how terrorist networks, backed by Fitnat-ul-Hindustan, systematically…
THE assumption that the Two-Nation Theory has lost relevance is not only historically lazy but deliberately evasive. Its central premise—that Muslims of the subcontinent…
PAKISTAN has endured decades of terrorism, paying a heavy price in human lives and national security. Over 94,000 citizens—including soldiers, police personnel, tribal elders and…
IN an era where wars are fought as much through narratives as with guns, Pakistan confronts a dangerous convergence of foreign-backed propaganda and domestic…
