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SECURITY AT A GLANCE  (16-30.7.25)

Part 1- Domestic BALOCHISTAN Row over brutal killing of a couple in Balochistan GILGIT BALTISTAN (GB) Protesting traders blocked the Karakoram Highway and Sost Dry Port in Hunza district, halting Pakistan-China trade through Khunjerab Pass for a second day and stranding thousands, including Chinese nationals. They demand container clearance based only on customs duties, as […]

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The Strategy of Inaction

Gen (r) Asad Durrani The author is former Director General, Inter Services Intelligence.

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SIGNS OF INCREASING SECURITY SYNERGIES BETWEEN IRAN AND PAKISTAN TO DEFEND AGAINST INDO-ISRAELI CLANDESTINE COLLABORATION

Tariq Lodhi On Saturday, the 26-Jul-2025, at about 08:30 hours, reportedly three young persons, in their early 20s, strapped with backpacks, posing as visitors, attempted to enter the Iranian Judiciary Complex located on Azadi Street in Zahedan[1]. The complex is a multi-storied building which is routinely guarded.  One of the three terrorists lobbed a grenade […]

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ABRAHAM ACCORDS AND PAKISTAN

Muhammad Attaullah Khan INTRODUCTION: The Abraham Accords are a series of agreements to normalize relations between Israel and several Arab states. The name of the accords was given in reference to the supposed common ancestor of the Jews and the Arabs, the biblical Abraham, as an expression of brotherhood. The accords, all of which were signed in the latter half of 2020, consist of a […]

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Cut to the Bone: Dismal Terrorism Rankings

Saima Khan  I. Introduction: Post Taliban Terrorism Surge Pakistan’s internal security has situation has worsened due to terrorism and insurgency in tribal areas of KP and Balochistan. After a few years’s lull, terrorism and violence increased after Taliban government came into power in August 2021.Terrorism-related deaths surged by 45% to 1,081 fatalities in 2024, the […]

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Operation Sindoor: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Crisis of Indian Foreign Policy

Asif Iqbal Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it. ~ Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War                On 4th of July 2025 – no pun intended regarding the date – the Indian Deputy Chief of Army Staff […]

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SECURITY AT A GLANCE (1–15 July 2025)

Part-1  Domestic BALOCHISTAN Nine People from Punjab Killed in Loralai District Comments & Analysis: a) The targeting of people from Punjab by banned Baloch separatist groups continues intermittently in Balochistan. The BLF’s reported claim of conducting 17 coordinated attacks on 10–11 July under “Operation Baam (Dawn)” on military and administrative sites could not be independently […]

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CYBERSECURITY-PAKISTAN’S DILEMMA 

Muhammad Attaullah Khan Pakistan having a population of more than 250 million is fast moving towards the digitalization  environment which hosts , which hosts millions of people who participate in substantive online engagement.  There are estimates that country’s Internet penetration will surpass 111m users by mid of the year 2025.While this exponential growth suggests immense […]

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 Why Terrorists Kill Punjabis in Balochistan?

Dr. Naveed Elahi On July 10, 2025, at least nine passengers traveling on two Punjab-bound buses were abducted and killed by armed assailants in the Sur-Dakai area along the Balochistan–Zhob–Loralai border. The bodies were later recovered and transported to Rakhni for return to their native towns in Punjab. The terrorists of “Fitna al Hindustan” conducted […]

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