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17
Apr
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Pakistan’s Thin Line of Defence

The identified deficiencies within Pakistan’s intelligence services span a spectrum of crucial domains. Firstly, the lack of effective preventive measures highlights a fundamental weakness in proactive intelligence gathering and preemptive action. Despite purported warnings issued to targeted individuals, the inability to forestall these operations reveals a critical gap in Pakistan’s security architecture.
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13
Apr
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Double Edged Sword of Social Media — Empowering Yet Disruptive

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.
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03
Apr
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Is Deporting Afghan Refugees Enough for Pakistan’s Security?

Salman Lali, a Contributing Fellow at CommandEleven, joined Yasmeen Ali to discuss the implications and complications that will arise from deporting Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan. Salman spoke in detail about the security and humanitarian concerns that will develop as a result of the Government of Pakistan’s decision to re-start the deportment of Afghans from Pakistan, even if they have a valid Afghan Refugee card.
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01
Apr
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A Journey Towards Informed Solutions

Alas, the dream remained just that—a dream, never realized. The first decade ushered in a plethora of challenges: the Kashmir war, the Constituent Assembly’s failure to draft a constitution, the tragic demise of Pakistan’s founder and first Governor General, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in a broken ambulance en route from Karachi Airport, and the assassination of the inaugural Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, in Rawalpindi.
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19
Mar
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What 2024 Holds For Pakistan

From the January 17th missile attack from Iran on Jaish-ul-Adl camps to the significant uptick in insurgent and terrorist violence in the province, 93 attacks in January alone, 2024 proves to be a bloody year for the Baluchistan province. In response to Iran’s missile attack, Pakistan launches 7 strikes inside Iran on Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) camps, which brought a short-term diplomatic freeze in relations and an escalation on both sides that required international players to step in to cool tension before another escalation took place in the region.
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17
Mar
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Security Situation in Afghanistan

Syed Khalid Muhammad, Executive Director – CommandEleven, joined Syed Shabahat Ali’s FaultLines program on PTV World to discuss the security situation in Afghanistan & the challenges to the region from the Taliban, and ISKP over the next few months. He also be discussed the emerging security conflict facing the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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29
Feb
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The Emerging Security Situation in Afghanistan

In this episode of The Insiders, Syed Khalid Muhammad talks about the emerging security situation in Afghanistan with a weakening Taliban, a rising Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP), the changing alliances of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and other groups, and the security implications for Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, China, and the Central Asian Republics (CARs).
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