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US Designation of India’s Lawrence Bishnoi Gang As Terror Group

Reports that the United States may designate the Lawrence Bishnoi Group as a foreign terrorist organization, if realized, would represent a significant development in international counterterrorism policy. Such a step would reflect a growing recognition that modern terrorist threats can emerge through transnational criminal networks whose activities extend beyond conventional definitions of organized crime. Historically, […]

Scapegoating Pakistan Will Not Solve Britain’s Problems

UK MP Rupert Lowe’s recent remarks describing Pakistan as a “rogue nation” and demanding a complete suspension of immigration from Pakistan are not the words of a responsible statesman. They are the predictable rhetoric of a politician seeking headlines by exploiting fear, prejudice, and public anger. His remarks came in response to renewed public attention […]

Maria Shahbaz: Where Court Records Contradict International Narratives

The case of Maria Shahbaz, a Christian woman from Faisalabad, has evolved far beyond a family dispute and court battle in Pakistan. It has become the subject of debates in European political circles, culminating in a resolution by the European Parliament criticizing Pakistan over allegations of forced conversion and forced marriage. Yet an examination of […]

When a Personal Choice Becomes a Geopolitical Weapon

In April 2020, a young woman named Maria Shahbaz exercised the most fundamental of human rights: she made a choice about her own life. She left her family home in Faisalabad, converted to Islam of her own free will, and contracted a marriage with Muhammad Naqash, a man she had met at the beauty parlour […]

Censuring Terror

The US State Department declared the Majeed Brigade a Foreign Terrorist Organization, with the BLA as its armed wing, in 2025. The BLA was originally designated as a Specially Designated Terrorist group by the US in 2019, after a grisly sequence of terrorist attacks against Karachi Airport and the Gwadar Port Authority Complex. In 2025, […]

CFR Warns Afghanistan Remains Regional Terror Challenge Under Taliban

According to a new assessment by Council of Foreign Relations, a US-based think tank, Afghanistan continues to face serious security risks under Taliban rule, with extremist groups maintaining a presence despite regional counter-terrorism efforts. Deadly attacks claimed by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), persistent concerns over the presence of al-Qaeda figures, and repeated allegations […]

Cracks Are Splitting the Taliban Leadership Wide Open, and Kandahar Knows It

Leaked audio, purged commanders, and a supreme leader warning his own regime could collapse from within reveal a movement fracturing faster than it can hide it. A movement that has spent five years demanding absolute obedience from everyone else is now struggling to secure it from itself. That is the plain reading of a leaked […]

Why Has the Global Promise of Malala Day Left Millions of Girls Behind?

July 12 marks Malala Day, a global moment established by the United Nations to honor the courage of Malala Yousafzai, who stood defiantly against the dark forces of violent extremism in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. When a masked gunman boarded her school bus in 2012, aiming to silence her voice, the act backfired spectacularly. Instead of […]

Afghan Passports for Global Terrorists? It’s Taliban’s Policy Choice

For years, the international community has debated how to categorize the regime ruling Afghanistan. Is it a rogue government that needs engagement? A pariah state that needs isolation? A transitional authority still finding its footing? These framings all share a hidden assumption: that the Taliban, whatever its faults, is a self-contained Afghan entity governing Afghan […]