Patron of terror groups, now threatening nuclear escalation: Why Munir's dangerous rhetoric is not just theatrics (IANS Analysis)

IANS | August 22, 2025 9:18 PM

Washington: By any measure, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has crossed a diplomatic red line. Standing on American soil during his second visit to the United States in as many months, Munir delivered a barely veiled nuclear threat against India. He bluntly warned that should Pakistan feel threatened, even by something as seemingly technical as Indian hydropower projects on the Indus River and its tributaries, it would be prepared to plunge South Asia into nuclear conflict.

Fueling instability across borders, Pakistan poses threat like ‘cancer’: Baloch activist

IANS | August 21, 2025 9:30 PM

Quetta, Aug 21 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch on Thursday asserted that Pakistan poses a threat not only to its own people, but has also turned into a disease like “cancer", fueling instability, extremism, and violence across its borders and beyond. He called on the United States, Europe, and the wider international community to take immediate action to contain the menace.

Pakistan won’t end covert war in Kashmir, will keep issue burning: Ex-TTP commander Ehsanullah Ehsan (IANS Exclusive)

Saurabh Sharma | August 21, 2025 6:51 PM

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Former Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, in an exclusive interview with IANS, made explosive claims that Pakistan’s powerful spy agency, the ISI, is regrouping Lashkar-e-Taiba and other militant outfits under the ISIS (K) banner to utilise as a proxy force in both Balochistan and Afghanistan.

JeM regroups via ‘EasyPaisa’, ‘SadaPay’: Rs 391 crore raised for new 313 camps after Op Sindoor

Saurabh Sharma | August 20, 2025 5:59 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Three months after Operation Sindoor destroyed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM’s) headquarters Markaz Subhanallah, along with four other training camps - Markaz Bilal, Markaz Abbas, Mahmona Joya, and the Sargal training camp - Pakistan is desperately turning no stone unturned to rebuild these terror infrastructures and is asking donations from the common people.

Pak Army Chief's nuclear rhetoric in US, timing of BLA designation reinforces broader reality: Report

IANS | August 18, 2025 7:43 PM

Rome, Aug 18 (IANS) Pakistan's Army Chief General Asim Munir's nuclear rhetoric delivered on US soil and the timing of designation of Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its elite Majeed Brigade as Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs) reinforces a broader reality that South Asia's rivalries are not contained within the subcontinent," a report stated on Monday.

China-Pakistan nexus equipping terrorists in J&K with advanced technology: Report

IANS | August 15, 2025 8:11 PM

Stockholm, Aug 15 (IANS) China-Pakistan technological nexus has drastically changed the security landscape in Jammu and Kashmir, systematically equipping terrorist organisations with sophisticated military-grade communication systems and surveillance technologies, a report cited on Friday. It stated that what were once conventional insurgency tactics have now evolved into advanced digital warfare capabilities, altering the dynamics of cross-border militancy.

The 'failed' Marshal: Asim Munir and the militarization of Pakistan's democratic ruins (IANS Analysis)

IANS | August 14, 2025 7:35 PM

Islamabad: By the time Field Marshal Asim Munir's original term as Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff ends in November 2025, the country may have endured one of the most corrosive, destabilising, and strategically disastrous chapters in its modern history. Whether he clings to power beyond that date — thanks to a conveniently crafted legislative amendment rammed through last year — will decide if Pakistan continues its freefall into unmasked military authoritarianism, thinly dressed up as "hybrid democracy", a charade in which the political class seems all too complicit.

US greets Pakistan on I-Day, now 'appreciates' engagement in counterterrorism

IANS | August 14, 2025 9:59 AM

Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) Months after Pakistan-backed terrorists killed 26 tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday extended greetings to Islamabad on the occasion of its Independence Day (August 14), saying Washington "deeply appreciates Pakistan's engagement on counterterrorism and trade".