Tanzania, April 21 -- Washington. Ahead of the first anniversary of the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, a sharp critique of Pakistan's military and foreign policy has been voiced by Senge Sering, President of the Institute for Gilgit-Baltistan Studies, who argued that terrorism remains deeply embedded in Pakistan's state functioning.

Referring to lessons from the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025, Sering claimed that terrorism serves as a sustaining force for Pakistan's military establishment. According to him, the use of religion is leveraged as a unifying and recruitment tool by Pakistan, keeping the military cohesive.

He described terrorism as the "bread and butter" of the Pakistani establishment, asserting that it helps them ...