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Turkey-Pakistan-China: Power Play at Sea with Somalia as Bait
Somalia’s coastline is fast becoming the hinge on which bigger powers test ideas about influence in the western Indian Ocean. Taken together—Turkey’s entrenched training presence and new maritime guarantees, Pakistan’s fresh military-training pact, and China’s money and hard facilities next door—the pattern looks less like Somali empowerment and more like a trilateral gravity well pulling…
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Pakistan’s Patronage of Lashkar-e-Taiba: Protected Leadership, Perpetual Threat
The terrorist attack on the Indian Army camp at Uri on 18 September 2025 once again highlighted a grim reality: Pakistan remains both a sanctuary and a sponsor for Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Despite repeated international designations and public condemnations, the group’s leadership continues to operate with impunity under Islamabad’s protection, ensuring that its violent networks endure.…
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From Founders to Outcasts: How Pakistan Erased the Ahmadiyya Legacy
In March this year, in Gujranwala, police—accompanied by members of the hardline Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)—tore down the minarets of a 120-year-old Ahmadi place of worship and detained five men who tried to resist. Community elders pointed out that the building predated the 1984 law restricting Ahmadi religious expression, yet authorities insisted its minarets were “unlawful.”…
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Silencing a Voice, Awakening a Nation: Nawab Bugti and Balochistan’s Quest for Freedom
The assassination of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti on 26 August 2006 was more than the death of a leader. It marked a turning point in Balochistan’s long struggle for freedom, encapsulating the clash between a people’s demand for dignity and a state that sought to crush them under military boots. Bugti was not simply a…
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Kashmir’s Truth vs Pakistan’s Lies: How Islamabad’s Propaganda Collapsed Against Kashmir’s Ground Realities
Since the Indian government revoked Article 370 in August 2019, effectively integrating Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) fully into the Indian Union, Pakistan has mounted an aggressive global propaganda campaign aimed at internationalising the issue. However, six years later, Islamabad’s efforts have not only failed to gather meaningful diplomatic traction but have also exposed the hollowness…
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Heavy Weapons, High Costs: Pakistan’s Military Operations Alienate Tirah Valley Civilians
Tirah Valley, located within Pakistan’s historically turbulent tribal belt, has become emblematic of the severe humanitarian consequences resulting from Pakistan’s military operations against militants. Far from achieving the strategic aim of stability, the heavy-handed use of advanced weaponry has amplified civilian distress and bred deeper resentment against the state. The Escalation of Military Might In…
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ISI at 77: The Hidden Hand Behind South Asia’s Instability
As Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) marks its 77th year, what should have been an occasion to reflect on national service is instead a grim reminder of a legacy steeped in covert warfare, cross-border terrorism, and regional destabilisation. Established in 1948, the ISI has grown far beyond its original mandate of military intelligence. Today, it is…
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ISI at 77: The Hidden Hand Behind South Asia’s Instability
At 77, the ISI has outgrown its intelligence role to become a regional menace. Its legacy, marked by terror sponsorship, democratic subversion, and humanitarian catastrophes, demands global attention.
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Pakistan’s Strategy of Outsourcing Conflict Through Radicalisation of J&K Youth
Since its inception, Pakistan has pursued a policy of using asymmetric warfare to destabilise India, with Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) serving as the central theatre of this long-drawn-out conflict. Unable to win a conventional war, Pakistan has resorted to a more insidious method, outsourcing conflict by systematically radicalising Kashmiri youth. This approach weaponises identity, religion,…
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Intelligence by Deception and the Dark Blueprint of State-Sponsored Terrorism: How Pakistan’s ISI Tactics Inspired Sri Lanka’s Military Intelligence and Shaped the 2019 Easter Sunday Attacks
This paper examines a critical dimension of modern geopolitics in South Asia: the alleged orchestration of terrorist activities by state military intelligence units to further political agendas. Of particular focus is the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and its role in undermining international peace efforts through covert support of militant proxies. The article further investigates how…