by Azka Ali | Jul 9, 2025 | Crime & Lawfare
A Hidden Crisis in Plain Sight In 2024 alone, over 24,000 cases of abductions and kidnappings were reported across Pakistan—a staggering figure that reflects a broader crisis of law enforcement, judicial protection, and social accountability. While the majority of...
by Azka Ali | Jul 9, 2025 | Global Affairs
Navigating a Second Trump Presidency Amid Sino-American Tensions With Donald J. Trump now firmly back in the Oval Office following his 2024 re-election, the global diplomatic landscape has entered a renewed phase of unpredictability, transactionalism, and...
by Azka Ali | Jul 8, 2025 | Information Warfare
Strategic Narratives, Hostile Actors, and the Battle to Shape Perception In the age of hybrid warfare, conventional military conflicts have increasingly been supplemented — and at times superseded — by battles fought in the digital and psychological realms. For...
by Azka Ali | Jul 8, 2025 | Terrorism
As Pakistan intensifies its counter-terrorism operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, the Fitna-al-Khwarij (FAK) faces an unprecedented internal crisis. According to intelligence briefings and security sources, majority of FAK’s current active fighters...
by Azka Ali | Jul 7, 2025 | Terrorism
Amid renewed security challenges along Pakistan’s western frontier, a less visible but deeply entrenched threat continues to undermine both national security and economic stability. The use of narco-financing and cross-border smuggling to sustain militant operations,...
