Pakistan plays to its internal audience The Statesman 30 Jun 2026 Speaking as the co-chair at the Arria-formula meeting of the Security Council on ‘Bridging the Implementation Gap: Security Council Resolutions and the Maintenance of International Peace and Security,’ Pakistan’s permanent member to the UN, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, raised Kashmir, as expected. He reiterated Pakistan’s standard cry for self-determination […]
Pakistan’s mishandling of its provinces News Nine 10 Jun 2026 Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been on the boil for years, largely due to exploitation and mismanagement by successive Pak army chiefs, who have always believed that suppression is the solution. Instead of working to curb violence and rise of groups seeking independence by dialogue, Pakistan terms them as […]
EU envoy trips up in Pakistan The Statesman 09 Jun 2026 Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, stated during Operation Sindoor, ‘Rising tensions between India and Pakistan are alarming. I urge both sides to show restraint and pursue dialogue.’ This came after the EU chief, Ursula Von der Leyen, condemned the terrorist strike in […]
The author is founder member STRIVE Pakistan’s leadership failures alienate Baluchistan’s population Raksha Anirveda 05 Jun 2026 On 24th May, the Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on a train carrying military personnel in Baluchistan. While the Pak army accepted 24 casualties, including soldiers and their families, the BLA assesses the number to be more […]
Abraham Accords in the limelight again The Excelsior 01 Jun 2026 Negotiations with Iran have been proceeding well and differences are being narrowed down after rounds of exchange of ceasefire terms, being managed by Pakistan and Qatar. Trump announced on his Truth Social media platform, ‘Negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran are proceeding nicely! It will only be […]
Talks with Pakistan are meaningless Raksha Anirveda Maj Gen Harsha Kakar, Founder Member STRIVE In a recent interview to PTI, RSS General Secretary, Dattatreya Hosabale, mentioned, ‘If Pakistan is like a pinprick trying to create incidents like Pulwama, etc., we have to answer appropriately according to the situation because the security and self-respect of a country have to be […]
Untrustworthy Pakistan News 9 Live 21 May 2026 Senator Lindsey Graham, based on reports of Iranian aircraft parked in Pakistan’s Nur Khan base, mentioned, ‘I don’t trust Pakistan as far as I can throw them. If they actually do have Iranian aircraft parked in Pakistan bases…that tells me we should be looking, maybe for somebody else to mediate. No […]
Targeting innocents in conflict The Excelsior 24 Mar 26 Pakistan claimed it has run out of patience and declared ‘open war’ on Afghanistan on 27th Feb, claiming it was retaliating to the Taliban targeting its posts along the Durand Line. Pak called it Operation Ghazab Lil Haq (Operation Righteous Fury), in near similarity with Trump’s Epic Fury in Iran. […]
Pakistan in a fix The Statesman 10 Mar 2026 Pakistan has only itself to blame for its current embroglio. While the world was aware of the intent of US and Israel over Iran and braced for deployment of the second carrier group for hostilities to commence, the failed marshal assumed that this was the right time to teach Afghanistan a […]
Condemning In Public, Cooperating in Private? Pakistan’s Credibility Crisis Times Now 02 Mar 2026 Pakistan attacked Afghanistan claiming it is supporting terrorist groups operating against it, including the TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) and the Baloch freedom fighters, operating under the umbrella of Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS), despite it doing the same. Pakistan received backing from the US on its […]