Pakistan’s counterterrorism policy is once again facing difficult questions following reports that Saifullah Kasuri, a leader associated with the banned terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), threatened Israel while claiming that the Pakistan Army could destroy it within minutes. These reported remarks, if accurately represented, go beyond inflammatory rhetoric. They raise a fundamental question for Pakistan: how can a country convincingly present itself as a responsib

Pakistan has long presented itself as a leading voice in the Muslim world. Founded in 1947 as a homeland for Muslims of British India, it has over the decades sought to project itself as a champion of Islamic solidarity, a defender of Muslim causes and a strategic partner for other Muslim-majority states. But in 2024-25 the landscape of Pakistan’s relations with other Islamic nations is increasingly shaped by tension, complexity and paradox by the interplay of border issues,