Responsible Speech in Sensitive Times
It is not entertaining to discuss foreign policy. There is no opportunity for television stars to demonstrate their patriotism for…
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India, Afghanistan, and the Imported Fatwa Problem
Salman Nadwi’s recent comments challenging Pakistan’s legitimacy and depicting it as an instrument of foreign interests are not only inflammatory…
Missing Persons Debate
The discourse around missing individuals and claims of enforced disappearances in Pakistan occupies a critical intersection of law, security, and…
Paratha Politics and the Optics of Suffering
The video circulating online is not frightening because it depicts anything unlawful. It’s striking because it depicts something ordinary: three…
American Soil Is Not a Battlefield for Foreign Vendettas
The guilty plea of Nikhil Gupta in federal court should serve as a wake-up call regarding the presence of foreign…
Terror, Propaganda, and the Battle for Balochistan’s Future
Balochistan is living through a hard truth: terrorism does not just kill people, it tries to break the idea of…
Tracing the untraceable ISKP crypto funding
The rise of cryptocurrency has opened a new chapter in how violent groups raise and move money. ISKP’s growing use…
Weaponization of Water in the Indus Basin
When a river system keeps two rivals alive, it also gives one of them a quiet kind of power. Eurasia…
Lakki Marwat to D.I. Khan
The twin operations in Jabarkhel, Lakki Marwat, and Kalachi, Dera Ismail Khan, show a pattern that matters far beyond the…
FOREIGN-BACKED PROPAGANDA MASKING TERRORISM AS ‘ACTIVISM’ IN BALOCHISTAN
A new wave of rhetoric about Balochistan has surfaced in recent months; it is framed as “activism,” but it is…