# TL;DR: But PTI saar 😭

Today, Pakistanis expected clarity. After the much‑touted cross‑border strikes on TTP sanctuaries in Afghanistan, the nation looked to DG ISPR for answers:

* What’s the status of Mufti Noor Wali?
* Where is the action plan against TTP?
* How will Pakistan secure its borders?
* What’s the roadmap for counterterrorism?

Instead, we got the same tired script: blame PTI, blame KP, repeat. The institution that claims to be “above politics” sounded like a party spokesperson, recycling talking points straight from PML‑N’s media cell.

And then came the kicker: in the same presser, ISPR declared, *“if you are saying in your province anti‑state leadership is coming in power, this is not possible.”* Translation? The Army will decide who rules KP. Overnight, an elected Chief Minister is branded “anti‑state.” Political engineering in uniform by an institution "not involved in politics". 

Under this regime, Pakistan Army is losing soldiers in double digits every month. These are not just numbers, they are Pakistani lives cut short. And why? Not because terrorists are better. But because frontline soldiers are sent in with inadequate supplies, poor planning, and poor strategy. They are sent in to fight where modern warfare doesn't require their presence. Their deaths are treated as expendable, acceptable collateral for political mileage. The generals don’t care. The foot soldiers bleed, the families grieve, and the brass cashes in on narrative control.

Remember the great border fence being built by the Pakistan Army? The multi‑billion rupee “solution” that was supposed to seal the border and end cross‑border terrorism? Today, it’s not even mentioned. It split Pashtun communities, destroyed livelihoods, and still failed to stop infiltration, while the generals minted money in contracts. 

This is the Army’s playbook: keep the public distracted with political and ethnic infighting while the only institution that actually has the last say escapes accountability. Civilian governments come and go, but the Army remains the permanent power center. They lecture about “better governance” while undermining every civilian government that dares to govern independently.

Every terrorist attack is an intelligence and military failure. Yet we’ve been conditioned with nationalism ka chooran to look the other way. Start asking questions. Start thinking. Why has the Army repeatedly interfered in politics, but failed to secure lasting peace in FATA, KP, and Balochistan? Why is KPK the focus, when Balochistan was gifted to PPP through rigged elections while its people continue to suffer endless security crises too?

Every time the spotlight should be on their failures, terrorists resurgence, botched counterterrorism, disastrous Afghanistan policy, the Pakistan Army pivots the conversation back to PTI, Imran Khan, or “governance gaps.”  

The Pakistan Army wants you to believe that it can have it both ways: claiming to be apolitical while openly deciding who is “anti‑state,” while sabotaging every legitimate civilian government. It is not possible anymore and no amount of ISPR based propaganda on media is going to make it so.

Pakistan’s future is mortgaged to an institution that has failed to deliver either security or stability, despite having the final say on both.