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Policy Expert |Phd Security Studies|Geopolitics | CT & Security Expert| Author| Fmr US DoD, Military, FP Magazine,TFT. CEO The Wire PK & New Pakistan Think Tank

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Watch Full Post with @TPASarah where Ali K.Chishti and Sarah Adams former CIA talks about alQueda, TTP, Talibans, BLA, Afghanistan and Pakistan https://t.co/uYFjHuEsGG
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Congratulations to brother Zafar Hijazi @goneneutralfor for the appointment of Federal Tax Ombudsman (Pakistan) (FTO). No better deserving candidate.
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In WWII, Churchill understood that winning was not about rushing every front, it was about timing, alliances, and exhausting the enemy’s space to manoeuvre. From a Pakistani perspective, Afghanistan requires the same calibrated patience: hold the strategic line, tighten the
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Figures like Mehrang Baloch don’t operate in isolation, they exploit grievance narratives to radicalise Tier-II recruits. The playbook is simple: leverage identity politics, amplify victimhood, build echo-chambers, then link sympathisers to operational networks. This “soft
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Acquittal is a courtroom outcome not a national-security assessment. Mehrang Baloch represents an ecosystem of handlers, safehouses, financiers and foreign linkages that never surface in open trials. State should never release someone just because evidence didn’t meet the
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Policy is not made through X debates/rants: it’s built through clear, consistent signaling. When back-channel talks collapse and threats rise, states restate their red lines deliberately. This is not “declaring war”; it’s deterrence, designed to prevent one. As for “when will we
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Back-channel talks mediated by KSA have broken off. Pakistan’s position is now unmistakably clear: if the Afghan Taliban won’t act against TTP, BLA and ISKP, Pakistan will inside Afghanistan, without hesitation. The era of appeasement is over. Deterrence will now speak.
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Why blame @SkyYaldaHakim? She asked the right questions. The problem is not the journalist, it’s the so-called government “spokesperson” who collapses under basic scrutiny. This is what overreach looks like when someone wants to be a jack-of-all.
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suicide. must now rot in jail
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”عاصم منیر ایک ذہنی مریض ہے جس کی اخلاقی پستی کی وجہ سے پاکستان میں آئین اور قانون مکمل طور پر ختم ہو چکے ہیں اور کسی بھی پاکستانی کے بنیادی انسانی حقوق اب محفوظ نہیں۔ مجھے اور میری اہلیہ کو عاصم منیر کے حکم پر جھوٹے مقدمات میں جیل میں رکھا گیا ہے اور شدید ترین ذہنی ٹارچر کیا
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Pakistani foreign policy expert Ali K Chishti said the Afghan Taliban was responsible for the attack, and that "this incident will harden Beijing's position and accelerate regional counter-terror alignment". What they did not quote: against Talibans and Indian proxies.
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After an armed drone attack on a China-linked gold mine in Tajikistan killed three Chinese nationals, Dushanbe described the perpetrators as "criminal groups" from a neighbouring country. While...
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The Print India quoted me unfortunately on Karachi toddler: https://t.co/rDaCFU4LUy
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Jan Achakzai / جان اچکزئی
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This draws a clear line for Pakistani #Pashtuns who cling to the myth of a "Greater Afghanistan." The response from that Afghan/Pashtun supremacist on my post says it all—Pakistani Pashtuns will never measure up as "true" Afghans in their eyes . So a Swati Pashtun will be
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We are in a war: If you slip into ethno-racism and start attacking all Pashtuns, you’re no different from the Afghan propagandists or RAW-backed elements who want to divide Pakistan. Pashtuns of Pakistan are not Afghans they are citizens, victims of terrorism and a critical line
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We are in a war: If you slip into ethno-racism and start attacking all Pashtuns, you’re no different from the Afghan propagandists or RAW-backed elements who want to divide Pakistan. Pashtuns of Pakistan are not Afghans they are citizens, victims of terrorism and a critical line
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NADRA, working alongside Pakistan’s security apparatus, has rolled out advanced software that flags and blocks thousands of illegally obtained CNICs. Over 250,000 suspicious IDs have already been detected many linked to Afghan nationals inserted into fake family trees. The
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The wrath of Pakistan is coming to you and will destroy you!
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My interview with Pakistan TV (PTV) "This is the last chance for Afghanistan. If the talks fail, the wrath of Pakistan will destroy anyone who comes before us."
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This is not the People’s Party, it’s the Anti-People’s Party. Sindh has some of Pakistan’s worst human indicators: almost half of children are stunted or malnourished, around half of 5–16-year-olds are out of school, and Karachi is still struggling to roll out even 12,000 Safe
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Deep Intel: Taliban–Qatar ties are at an all-time low. A senior Qatari security official tells me Doha is embarrassed by the Taliban’s incapacity to govern. Qatar is now considering cutting or suspending aid.
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6 PTI MNAs, 2 Senators and 11 MPAs have been identified as key players in Pakistan’s fake cigarette/tobacco manufacturing networks an industry estimated to be minting Rs. 20–30 billion annually. Even Shabbar Zaidi flagged this nexus but Imran Khan ignored. Not anymore.
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