{"id":21706,"date":"2026-06-06T07:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T07:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=21706"},"modified":"2026-06-06T07:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T07:17:22","slug":"the-economist-pakistan-faces-major-security-crisis-and-threats-to-domestic-stability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/06\/06\/the-economist-pakistan-faces-major-security-crisis-and-threats-to-domestic-stability\/","title":{"rendered":"The Economist: Pakistan faces major security crisis and threats to domestic stability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: A new study by the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) has found that insecurity has reached its highest level in a decade in Pakistan, highlighting a significant deterioration in the country&#8217;s security situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The Economist, which published a graph illustrating the trend, Pakistan&#8217;s internal security challenges have intensified even as the country&#8217;s army chief, Asim Munir, seeks to project an image of a strong and influential Pakistan on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report states that attacks by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Baloch separatist groups, and other militant organizations have increased, placing particular pressure on the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, which continue to face serious security challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study calls the ongoing security tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan as a key factor contributing to rising instability. It warns that the persistence of violence poses a major challenge to Pakistan&#8217;s domestic stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The findings come amid growing criticism from Pakistani religious scholars and political figures, who have urged the government not to blame Afghanistan for Pakistan&#8217;s security problems. Instead, they argue that Islamabad should focus on addressing and managing the country&#8217;s internal security issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: A new study by the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) has found that insecurity has reached its highest level in a decade in Pakistan, highlighting a significant deterioration in the country&#8217;s security situation. According to The Economist, which published a graph illustrating the trend, Pakistan&#8217;s internal security challenges have intensified even as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21708,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21706\/revisions\/21708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}