A revealing report from Washington lays bare Pakistan’s hypocrisy: journalists voicing dissent against power structures are hunted with legal weaponry, dragged into probes, and locked away. True dangers, however, flourish openly.
Terror networks collect money, swell ranks, incite fanaticism, and champion jihadist attacks, genocidal aims, and imperial ambitions across the nation.
Turkish writer Uzay Bulut, penning for PJ Media, slams Western designation of Pakistan as a strategic partner, exposing a foreign policy riddled with confusion, ethical voids, and factual blindness in the subcontinent.
Highlighting the absurdity, an anti-terror court doled out life terms to eight absent journalists and commentators over social media support for imprisoned Imran Khan. One in New York says proceedings bypassed him entirely.
In sharp opposition, UN-sanctioned terror heads parade publicly. Jaish-e-Mohammed’s Masood Azhar headlined an Islamic summit on November 2, 2023, calling for Quranic jihad participation.
Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and affiliates ramp up operations with trainings, assemblies, and events nationwide. These forums blast pro-jihad, India-hating messages, radicalizing crowds further. Terror preachers dominate mosque sermons.
The analysis warns of escalating threats from this permissive environment. While reporters pay for scrutiny, protected militants plot unchecked, challenging international counter-terror narratives.