The hidden front |
Field Marshal Asim Munir’s warning that hostile elements are exploiting Pakistan’s internal fault lines points to a security challenge rooted less in external aggression and more in unresolved governance failures.
Evidence from security data, economic indicators and political assessments show that internal weaknesses have opened up space for outside actors to step in and stir things up at relatively low cost.
Terrorism’s resurgence since 2021, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, illustrates this pattern. According to Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies and Interior Ministry briefings, renewed militant activity has been tied to cross-border sanctuaries, foreign funding and coordinated propaganda. Militancy has not simply broken out on its own; it has been plugged into wider regional networks that know how to latch onto local grievances and scale them up into strategic pressure.
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