When Pakistan took over the chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) last month, it was a moment rich in irony. As analyst Siddhant Kishore,a Washington-based national security and foreign policy analyst, quipped in The Milli Chronicle, it was a state sponsor of terrorism now overseeing a regional network tasked with combating it.

“The irony is hard to ignore,” Kishore wrote. “For Islamabad’s international posture and domestic rhetoric to carry credibility, its territory must no longer serve as a safe haven for groups trained and funded to strike Indian soil. Yet, the evidence suggests this condition remains far from met.”

‘BLEEDING INDIA WITH A THOUSAND CUTS’

Kishore argued that Pakistan’s militant infrastructure remains intact and activ

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