Greek journalist Dimitra Staikou, in an EuropaWire analysis, claimed Pakistan manages extremist networks instead of dismantling them. She cited alleged continued activities of LeT and JeM, political cover, public training camps and rallies, and warned this could impact Europe and global secu
Sindh-based writer and educator Assadullah Channa, in his article published in Pakistan Observer, has criticised Pakistan's repeated failures to reform its madrassa education system, calling it a "chronic national weakness rooted in clerical dominance and political cowardice."