Pakistan’s LamentIslamabad has a perpetual grudge that it isn’t taken seriously by the global community. While this observation is undeniably true, international apathy towards Pakistan is not due to politicking or vested commercial interests [as it claims], but solely due to Islamabad’s unabashed duplicity. With the Pakistan army brazenly following its morbid strategy of nurturing terrorist groups as ‘strategic assets’ […]

There is no indication that Afghan refugees in Pakistan or along its border have engaged in acts of terrorism, the White House said, after Pakistan’s army expressed concern that militants had found safe havens in Afghanistan. “We’ve seen no indication that Afghan refugees in Pakistan or along that border are guilty of acts of terrorism,” White House National Security Council […]

Pakistan is expected to send its Special Representative on Afghanistan Ambassador Asif Durrani to Kabul this week to discuss the issue of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the country. According to Pakistani media, Durrani is scheduled to leave for Kabul on Wednesday. His visit comes against the backdrop of complaints by Pakistani officials recently that the Islamic Emirate is providing […]

Sitting in a class on a subject relating to psychological warfare and how propaganda works can reveal a state’s ambitions and how some individuals continue to work for that state to do propaganda. There are three kinds of psychological narratives as black, grey, and white propaganda. Leaving the third one aside, grey and black propaganda works completely in which the […]

On July 12, 2023, one Police Constable, identified as Mohsin Azam, was killed and another three Policemen sustained injuries during an attack by unidentified terrorists on the newly established Police check posts in the Faqiran Masjid area of Mir Ali Tehsil (revenue unit) in the North Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). On July 5, 2023, three Security Force (SF) […]

Due to the deteriorating political and security situation in the country, many speculate that Pakistan’s nuclear program could fall victim to intrusion by terror or fanatic groups. While the subject has been raised on the international forum numerous times and countered effectively as many times, it is important to take a fresh look at Pakistan’s efforts to secure its nuclear […]

India is one of the world’s largest armaments importers and continues to expand the scope and range of its defence and strategic cooperation with countries like the U.S., France, Israel, and Russia. In 2016, the U.S. recognised India as a “Major Defence Partner”, a title that consents on India buying more cutting-edge and sensitive technologies from the U.S. at par […]

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab claims to have arrested six alleged terrorists including a commander of a banned outfit during the multiple operations. A CTD spokesperson said that the department has arrested Bakht Sher, a high-profile commander of a banned militant organisation and caught five other terrorists in other intelligence-based operations (IBOs). He further added that explosive material, mobile […]

Rugged border regions near Afghanistan have seen years of fighting between the army and insurgent groups An attack on a military base by suspected militants in northern Pakistan killed several soldiers. Nine soldiers were killed at the base Islamist militants stormed into armed with guns, hand grenades and rockets, army and security officials said. All five militants who stormed the […]

Imran Rehman, a 32-year-old Catholic Christian man, has been unjustly detained in Camp Jail Lahore for the past ten months on charges of blasphemy and terrorism. Imran, a devoted father of two daughters, was working at the Lahore Metro Bus ticket office when he was taken into custody by the Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for […]