A rash of attacks indicates that terrorism, which had been pushed back, may well be making a resurgence. This should be seen together with last Saturday’s attack on a Pakistan Navy vehicle in Gwadar district, as a result of which three Navy personnel were killed. While the Army has been losing a steady trickle of personnel, fatalities have included NGO workers. Even if this were true, surely the presence of these consulates, where they are not needed, represents a major failure of Pakistani diplomacy. However, that discomfort is indirect; more apposite are the questions that arise about what Pakistani counter-intelligence is doing.

Source: Pakistan Today March 10, 2021 17:37 UTC