There is an image the Balochistan Liberation Army wants the world to see: a woman in militant fatigues, renamed as resistance and pushed across sympathetic media feeds. There is another image that it fears more. A nurse sitting before cameras in Quetta, saying she had been misled, trapped and blackmailed. A teenage girl stopped on […]
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BLA’s War on Balochistan
The suicide bombing at Chaman Phatak in Quetta has arrived like cold water thrown over national morale that, only a day earlier, had been lifted by words of appreciation from abroad for mediation in the Iran crisis, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledging that Pakistan had done an “admirable job” as the primary […]
War of Narratives
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif took to social media on Wednesday to swat away Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest provocation, dismissing the claim that Pakistan was running foreign bot farms to poison U.S. opinion against Israel. Netanyahu would do well to read the writing on the wall before taking cock-and-bull stories to international media. According […]
Iran Says Military Ready for Any US Confrontation
Iran warns of possible new war with the United States, as tensions rise between the two countries. Khatam al-Anbia Headquarters stated that Iranian forces are fully prepared for any new US military action. The statement reflects growing regional instability and concern over renewed conflict. Furthermore, Brigadier General Jafar Asadi said there is a strong possibility […]
War at the Doorstep
On Saturday, Balochistan’s home department officials stood before cameras and described an insurgency no longer confined to distant mountains or barren crossing points. Militants entering Pakistan from across the border, carrying out attacks and slipping back into Afghanistan, have long been an enduring Achilles’ heel, now compounded by the exploitation of women and children. The […]
The Gamification of War
The ongoing war between Iran and the US-Israel alliance has produced a barrage of memes, emojis, and videos that construct reality across digital spaces. It is important to note that in the construction of reality, meanings are shaped by ideology and power structures. The gamification of war is a powerful strategy used to construct imagined […]
Millions rally in cities around world against US-Israel war on Iran
Massive protests have broken out across US states and cities around the world against the Trump administration’s policies over what many see as an authoritarian bent and law-trampling governance. It is the third time in less than a year that Americans have taken to the streets as part of a grassroots movement called “No Kings,” […]
War in Lebanon
Lebanon is being broken in plain sight. Not only by bombs, though the bombs are doing enough. More than 370,000 children have been displaced in three weeks, 121 killed, 399 injured, over 150,000 students driven out of school as classrooms turned into shelters, and roughly 150,000 people cut off by the destruction of key bridges […]
War, Markets, and Survival
As tensions between the United States and Iran intensify, global markets are beginning to exhibit a familiar but dangerous pattern: volatility without clarity. Gold and silver-traditionally considered safe havens-are falling. Oil is oscillating near critical resistance levels. Technical signals are flashing opportunities, yet seasoned investors are hesitating. This is not irrational behavior. It is a […]
Energy targets in crosshairs as Mideast war escalates
Iran threatened on Sunday to attack key infrastructure across the Middle East if US President Donald Trump follows through on his vow to “obliterate” the Islamic republic’s power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz swiftly reopens. Iran’s defiant response came after its missiles slipped through air defences and struck two towns in southern Israel including […]