For 17-year-old Zara Shah, an encounter that began while playing a computer game developed into a frightening experience of online sexual exploitation. A stranger initially approached her as a friend before asking
U.S. strategic gaze in South Asia has, in recent years, drifted toward India’s ascent, the unresolved aftermath of the Afghanistan withdrawal, and the deepening rivalry with China. In this reshuffling of priorities,
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On June 27, 2026, at least six Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) and three Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) terrorists [a splinter group of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)] were killed, while four Rangers sustained injuries, after a group
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In the bustling streets of Lahore, 14-year-old Ayesha logged into her favorite social media app one evening in early 2026, seeking connection with friends after a long school day. Within hours, what
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On June 22, 2026, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, sentenced Dr. Mahrang Baloch, founder and leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), and her associate, Sibghatullah,
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On June 15, 2026, Pakistan unveils it’s first-ever freedom report assessing Political, civil, economic, digital, legal and social freedoms. The report was developed by Mishal Pakistan, the country partner of the World
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On June 13, 2026, 33 Security Force (SF) personnel were killed in a coordinated guerrilla operation orchestrated by the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) at Naal town in the Khuzdar District of Balochistan.
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A subtle but significant shift is underway in Pakistan’s debt strategy. Islamabad is seeking to reduce its dependence on bilateral lenders by raising billions of dollars through international bonds and commercial borrowing.
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The latest round of tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban authorities has once again been accompanied by allegations of civilian casualties resulting from Pakistani military actions. Such allegations inevitably attract international attention,
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In 2016, after the Uri attack in Indian held Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Pakistan of the terror attack and threatened Pakistan in a large rally in Kerala that India would
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Just weeks after South Asia stepped back from one of its most serious military crises in recent years, fresh tensions in the Poonch sector highlighted how rapidly the region’s security environment is changing. The
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On June 11, 2026, a Government Middle School was destroyed in an explosion caused by a device planted by unidentified persons in the Sheri Khel area under the Shahbaz Khel Police Station
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Pakistan is a traditional hard security state since its inception, due to the longstanding rivalry with India and sharing its volatile frontier with Afghanistan. However, Pakistan somehow managed to defend its borders
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The first serious backchannel talks, or Track-II dialogues, between two countries began in 1987, when India was engaged in Operation Brasstacks, a massive war exercise by the Indian armed forces at the
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On the early morning of June 10, 2026, Pakistani military aircraft launched a series of cross-border airstrikes, targeting civilian and residential areas in the eastern Afghan provinces of Khost, Kunar, and Paktika.
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A State of Contradictions Startling contradictions define Pakistan’s posture today. To the outside world, Islamabad parades as a peace broker—courting Washington and Tehran with the language of diplomacy. Yet at home, the
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