SECURITY AT A GLANCE (16-30.11.25)
AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR (AJK) BALOCHISTAN ISLAMABAD KHYBER PAKHTOONKHWA (KP) PUNJAB CCD / Police Public and Environmental Security Measures SINDH DG ISPR Press briefing related to terrorism, counterterrorism measures, and smuggling DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, addressing a press conference on 25 November, said that Afghan forces were facilitating terrorist infiltration by […]
From Oversight to Servility
Lt.Gen (r) Asad Durrani In the late 1950s, Mao Zedong’s books were available on the streets of Anarkali fortwo rupees a piece. Maybe that’s the reason some of us, then students in the nearbyGovernment College, were tempted to buy them. No idea why his famous red bookdid not make much impression on me, but the […]
Subtle Message
Khurram Aslam Khan Analysts had cautioned that the recent drift in Pakistan’s foreign policy towards the USA could unfavourably impact its long-term strategic relations with China. Pakistan’s leaders mocked India for its failure to maintain balanced relations with opposing and rival nations. Pakistan had prided itself on successfully navigating the competing global influences of China […]
SECURITY AT A GLANCE (1–15 Nov 25)
Domestic BALOCHISTAN Comments and AnalysisThe security landscape in Balochistan continues to deteriorate as a combination of Baloch separatist groups, IS-K cells, and criminal networks intensify their operational tempo across Kech, Kalat, Quetta, Kachhi, and coastal corridors. The reporting period shows sustained patterns of targeted killings of tribal leaders, politically significant figures, and ordinary travellers; expanded […]
Wrong people paying for economic failure
Azhar Rashid Khan Summary: Pakistan’s repeated IMF reliance has stabilised short-term crises but deepened structural dependency. Regulators’ failure to contain “socially sticky inflation” means profiteers escape accountability while the public shoulders both inflation and higher taxes. There is no denying that the IMF has helped Pakistan avoid financial collapse more than once. Its stabilisation programmes […]
SECURITY AT A GLANCE (16–30.10.25)
DOMESTIC BALOCHISTAN GILGIT–BALTISTAN (GB) ISLAMABAD KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (KP) PUNJAB SINDH DEFENCE AND SECURITY PAKISTAN – AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT / DIALOGUES Comments and Analysis: Analysts and diplomats observed that the collapse of talks underscores deep mistrust and heightens regional instability, though mediators Qatar and Turkey remain hopeful. Two analytical pieces — “Canons to Right of Them, Canons […]
Pakistan-Afghanistan: Uneasy Regional Partners
Muhammad Atta Ullah Khan It is a well known fact that peace and security in our region have remained hostage to the volatile situation in Afghanistan for the last four decades. Even after the exit of NATO forces and the establishment of Taliban rule, there has been no significant change in the situation as far […]
The Bleeding Frontier: Why Peace in Balochistan Requires Justice, Not Just Force
Azhar Rashid Khan PSP The story of Balochistan today is one of parallel suffering — of people caught between insurgent violence and an unending cycle of state operations, and of security personnel paying the ultimate price for a conflict that force alone cannot resolve. Each headline about militants “neutralised” in Awaran or Kech is swiftly […]
Is TLP a Terrorist Group or a Political Party?
Khurram A Khan A leading English newspaper recently published an article of a security analyst wherein the author makes a case against Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), equating TLP with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). While TTP is a conglomerate of militant outfits, TLP is a religio-political movement. TLP has often been characterised as a violent sectarian organization of […]