There comes a point where political disagreement ends and moral collapse begins. Pakistan crossed that point long ago. What is now unfolding is not a debate over policy but a clear divide between those who stand with the state and those who, by action or silence, stand with terrorists. The evidence is no longer circumstantial. It is documented, quantified, and spoken plainly by the state itself.
Pakistan’s children have been blown apart in school buses. They have been targeted in markets, mosques, and streets. In Khuzdar, innocent schoolchildren were murdered without mercy. In Wana, terrorists went after children again, and Pakistani soldiers stepped forward. Three soldiers embraced martyrdom so children could live. These are not slogans. These are graves.
And yet, in the middle of this bloodshed, a political party finds the courage not to confront terrorists, but to confront the state.
The DG ISPR’s press conference stripped away every remaining excuse. Terrorism in Pakistan is not random. It is concentrated. Over 80 percent of terrorist incidents occur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This is not coincidence. It is the direct outcome of political obstruction, operational resistance, and ideological confusion deliberately cultivated by the PTI leadership in the province.
While ANP leaders were assassinated, while PML‑N and PPP figures were targeted, one party remained curiously untouched. Terrorists attacked everyone except PTI. This is not victimhood. This is immunity. And immunity in a terror war is never accidental.
PTI leaders openly declare they will not allow operations. They oppose intelligence‑based actions. They create noise whenever terrorists are targeted. The Constitution of Pakistan is clear. No political activity, no freedom of expression, and no provincial authority is above the sovereignty and integrity of the state. Blocking counter‑terror operations during an active war is not dissent. It is sabotage.
The DG ISPR asked the most uncomfortable question that PTI has never answered. What is this affection for the Taliban and terrorists. What loyalty binds PTI leaders to groups that butcher Pakistani children. At whose behest is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa being pushed into a fire where its own sons and daughters are burning.
Terrorists are not misguided fighters. They are not rebels. They are not ideological actors. They are faithless criminals operating a war economy. They want territory. They want money. They want chaos. BLA and Fitna‑al‑Khawarij work together despite pretending to stand for different causes. One claims ethnicity, the other claims religion. Their only common ground is their patronage. Afghan Taliban protection. Foreign funding. Indian facilitation.
Their propaganda is not made in caves. Their videos are professionally engineered. Artificial intelligence is used. Emotional manipulation is calculated. This is organized terror backed by strategy, money, and foreign interests. And every time PTI questions operations, delays action, or spreads confusion, it strengthens this machinery.
The most obscene part of PTI’s narrative is its selective humanitarianism. Loud concern for terrorists. Silence for dead children. Sympathy for killers. Political outrage against soldiers who stop them. When schoolchildren die, PTI offers no accountability. When soldiers fall protecting civilians, PTI looks away. But when terrorists are targeted, suddenly morality is discovered.
This is not neutrality. This is alignment.
The state of Pakistan has learned from past mistakes. In 2021, the cost was devastating. Three soldiers were being lost for every terrorist neutralized. In 2025, that ratio has reversed. Terrorist incidents have declined. Operations are precise. Intelligence is dominant. The world now openly acknowledges Afghanistan as a hub of terrorism. Pakistan’s warnings were right. Pakistan’s stance has been vindicated.
PTI, however, remains frozen in denial. It weaponizes past errors to block present solutions. It politicizes blood. It turns security into controversy. It places slogans above survival.
Let there be no confusion. This war is not optional. It has been imposed on Pakistan. No province has the right to opt out. No party has the authority to veto the state’s defense. No leader has the moral license to protect those who murder children.
Those who shield terrorists are not misunderstood politicians. They are enablers. Those who oppose operations while children die are not peace seekers. They are collaborators by consequence. History does not judge intentions. It judges outcomes.
Pakistan is burying its children. Its soldiers are standing in the way of terror with their bodies. And in this moment of national trial, PTI has chosen its side.
The nation has chosen the other.
