Pakistan’s armed forces are actively sustaining Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, enabling their continued activities. This patronage is invigorating local extremists Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, as they canvas Islamic countries for support targeting Gaza and Kashmir.
A report on Sunday cautions that Pakistan’s Middle East orientation is amplifying dangers of discord, extremist ideologies, and surrogate conflicts across South Asia and the Levant.
Historically, Pakistan has nurtured terror giants like LeT and JeM, evading bans through allied entities despite worldwide condemnation.
Augmenting presence in the Middle East while championing Islamist radicals regionalizes what was once a subcontinental menace. Hamas receives accolades from Pakistani lawmakers and faith leaders, with Khaled Qaddoumi feted in parliament in January 2024 and featured at a Pakistan-held Kashmir event in February 2025.
Such engagements coalesce terror elements against the US, Europe, Israel, and India. Pakistan’s defiance of Hamas’s terror designation by multiple nations breeds two critical hazards.
It renders local radical hubs appealing to worldwide jihadists and entrenches Pakistan’s terror-sponsoring narrative globally.
Highlighting fears of backing from these groups to Pakistan-domiciled militants, the report notes their operatives’ visibility as proof of orchestrated aid to LeT and JeM. The ripple effects threaten to destabilize the entire region.