(By Faraz Ahmed) Introduction The submission of the 16th report by the United Nations Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team in late 2025 marks a pivotal moment in addressing ongoing security challenges emanating from Afghanistan. This comprehensive document categorically rejects the Taliban de facto authorities’ persistent assertions that no terrorist organizations maintain a…
(By Faraz Ahmed) On December 16, 2014, Pakistan endured one of the darkest chapters in its history when Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants stormed the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar, slaughtering 149 people – including 132 innocent children aged between 8 and 18. As the nation approaches the 11th anniversary tomorrow, the wounds remain raw,…
(By Mohsin Tanveer) On December 14, 2025, a devastating terrorist mass shooting took place at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, during the “Chanukah by the Sea” event celebrating the first day of Hanukkah, organized by the local Chabad Jewish community. Two gunmen—a father-and-son duo—opened fire on attendees in Archer Park near the beach, killing at…
(By Quratulain Khalid) For decades, Bollywood has been India’s most potent instrument of soft power, beaming its songs, stars, and stories to more than three billion people worldwide. Yet this same industry has systematically weaponised its reach to demonise Pakistan, portraying its people, state, and institutions as the root of all evil on the subcontinent….
(By Khalid Masood) The United States’ recent approval of a $686 million sustainment and upgrade package for Pakistan’s F-16 fighter jets represents a timely affirmation of Islamabad’s strategic resilience. Notified by the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) to Congress on December 8, 2025, this deal arrives at a pivotal moment, reinforcing the Pakistan Air…
(By Khalid Masood) In the rugged terrains of South Waziristan, near the volatile Afghan border, a nightmare from Pakistan’s past nearly repeated itself on the night of November 10, 2025. What began as a brazen assault on Cadet College Wana—a premier institution grooming the nation’s future military leaders—unfolded into a tense, hours-long siege that tested…
(By Khalid Masood) October 30, 2025 In the annals of South Asian statecraft, few moments crystallize a nation’s strategic maturity as vividly as Pakistan’s conduct during the Pakistan-Afghanistan peace dialogues in Istanbul, Türkiye, which concluded in a resounding diplomatic and moral victory for Islamabad on October 29, 2025. Far from the Western media’s lazy narrative…
(By Ayesha Mahnoor) When Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi recently asked, “If Afghanistan is really a center of terrorism, why don’t Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and China complain? Why only Pakistan?” he sought to invert the narrative and frame Pakistan as a uniquely hostile critic. But in doing so, he obscures a far more…
(By Quratulain Khalid) Peshawar, October 10, 2025 — At a forceful press briefing from Peshawar Corps Headquarters, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Lt-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry issued a blunt diagnosis and an urgent prescription: Pakistan faces a renewing wave of terrorism driven as much by domestic governance failures as by sanctuaries across the border in…
(By Khalid Masood)Oct 10, 2025 In a daring display of precision and resolve, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) executed a missile strike last night, October 9, 2025, that obliterated the head of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Noor Wali Mehsud, as he traveled in an SUV through the heart of Kabul. This audacious operation, reportedly carried…
