Information warfare is exactly as it sounds – the weaponization of words. Pakistan has, thus far, failed miserably at fighting the information war, most times selflessly providing the information that is twisted by enemies and used against the nation and its people. Whether it is Pakistan’s politicians, diplomatic corps or media savvy anchors, the information war has flown over their heads, leaving them unable to win over hearts and minds.
An intelligence analysis of foreign cognitive warfare strategies, evaluating mass biometric data harvesting, algorithmic manipulation, deepfake deployment, and influencer co-optation.
An intelligence analysis of Chinese information operations, evaluating commercial platform data harvesting, subsea telecom interception, and the Three Warfares doctrine.
An intelligence analysis of Russian information operations, evaluating automated bot infrastructures, generative deepfake obfuscation, and reflexive control doctrine.
Dissecting the competing narratives between Islamabad and Kabul. Who holds the tactical advantage on the ground versus the propaganda front?
Effective government control over traditional media is not the sole reason for the youth’s preference for social media. Commercialization, cost, dull and monotonous content, editorial gatekeeping, lack of diversity, limited access and coverage, one-way communication, sensationalism, and time delays are among the many other factors contributing to this shift.
The grievances of Pashtuns, the progress of KPK, support base of PTM, role of PTI and PPP, and proposed next steps are discussed in this article and offer additional insight to this issue.
In quite a humorous attempt at analysis, Aritra Banerjee attempted to paint CommandEleven as “one of the ISI’s premier black propaganda outfit,” due to our organization being targeted by the Indian government after it’s failure in the Balakot operation.
Media in Pakistan has enjoyed unprecedented freedom since 2000 but without much accountability. The laws under PEMRA are not implemented properly and PEMRA has become a joke. The unchecked flow of money to media houses and media celebrities has resulted in, allegedly, corrupt, for sale and incompetent media houses.
Assessing the role of mainstream media in shaping national narratives and the lack of accountability in regional information operations.
It will be on rare occasions that you’ll find me addressing the CommandEleven audience about something related to CommandEleven. We didn’t build this platform, bring the best analysts together and begin counter the negative image being wrongly portrayed about Pakistan to sit back and accept someone’s blind judgement of our work and organization.
