The South Asia Times (SAT) hosted a national webinar titled “From the Periphery to the Center: What People at Our Margins Endure,” spotlighting how Pakistan’s border regions, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, face deep-rooted governance challenges, economic neglect, and communication voids. Experts called for shifting from a security-centric to an inclusion-driven policy model to rebuild trust, empower youth, and turn Pakistan’s peripheries into engines of national resilience.
India’s state machinery shifts to a systemic legal-administrative war targeting Muslim identity and citizenship rights.
At a SAT roundtable in Islamabad, key voices from policy, academia, and activism called for inclusive, strategic, and diplomatic approaches to the Kashmir crisis.
From mass expulsions of Muslims to mob violence on Eid and the Waqf Act’s legal battle, June 2025 revealed a systematic push to marginalize Indian Muslims.
Punjab’s push for solar-powered tube wells, though intended to boost agriculture, is accelerating groundwater depletion and posing serious risks to food security and public health.
Geopolitics Date: June 4, 20 The Kashmir Equation: Rethinking Strategy Amid Shifting Geopolitics IN-PERSON EVENT SAT Web Administrator 4 June, 2025 Share 4 June 2025
The recent Pakistan-India crisis redefined modern warfare, highlighting different “Rules of Engagement.” Pakistan showed strategic restraint and used advanced technology to deter full-scale war, while India escalated quickly under nuclear risks. The conflict expanded into cyber and civilian targets, broadening the battleground. Pakistan’s effective use of C4I2 command systems limited Indian advances and maintained balance. India’s aggressive policies and diplomatic isolation were exposed during the crisis.
The period following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in India (May 2025) exposed a multifaceted crisis for the Muslim community, marked by a brief but intense military confrontation with Pakistan, the controversial enactment of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, and a disturbing surge in anti-Muslim violence and hate speech.
