There are moments when evidence speaks louder than official denials, and dossiers, despite their technical language, reveal a deeper political truth. In the case of Pakistan, the material that has emerged does not document isolated incidents but outlines a coherent model of state patronage, in which tolerance, political cover, and material support function as mechanisms for the “sanitization” of violence. The boundary between the state and internationally designated terrorist organizations is not merely blurred, it is systematically managed within a strategy aimed at keeping armed networks operational without exposing them directly to international accountability. This management model is reflected in documented interactions between state institutions and UN-designated groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), whose leadership, infrastructure and mobilization activities continue to operate openly despite international sanctions.

A telling example is the reconstruction of the Markaz Syedna Bilal in Muzaffarabad, a site explicitly identified as a training facility of Jaish-e-Muhammad and previously targeted in a military operation. Its transformation into a state-backed reconstruction project, attended by a federal minister, government officials, and local political figures, is not a symbolic gesture. It constitutes a political statement of rehabilitation and reintegration into “legitimacy,” sending a clear message that what is destroyed in the name of counterterrorism can be rebuilt in the name of development, provided it serves the state’s internal strategic balance. The Markaz Syedna Bilal complex, located on Shavali Road in Muzaffarabad (PoK), was publicly visited in October 2025 by Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon along with senior officials and leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), despite its identification as a LeT/JeM-linked training facility previously targeted during Operation Sindoor.

Even more troubling is the institutionalization of ideological indoctrination as normal practice. The seven-day Daura-e-Tarbiyah seminars in Quetta are publicly presented as “educational programs,” while in reality they represent structured stages of radicalization that precede or accompany military training. When such processes are conducted openly, with known locations and dates, the key question is not whether the state is aware of them, but whether it deliberately chooses not to intervene,........

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