Author: ZORAIZ KLASRA
ZORAIZ KLASRA
Zoraiz Klasra is the National Security and Defence Correspondent for The Islamabad Telegraph. He specializes in exposing hybrid warfare, disinformation campaigns, and regional threats to Pakistan. His investigative reporting focuses on covert networks involving India, Israel, and anti-state proxies.
Israeli spy network: Discover-Tech allegedly used digital advertising infrastructure to track internet users and help deliver spyware. Researchers linked the campaign to Candiru spyware and reported compromises involving 45 Windows devices at Al Jazeera. The findings raise questions about international surveillance, digital privacy and accountability under national and international law. The Discover-Tech investigation raises questions about Israel’s surveillance industry, the targeting of governments and journalists, and international law. An investigation into Israeli digital advertising firm Discover-Tech suggests online advertisements can become surveillance tools, potentially exposing officials, journalists, diplomats and millions of internet users. Reuters reported on October 15 that Canadian…
Houthi missile components sourced from overseas suppliers enable the assembly of precision-guided medium-range weapons. Supply networks span dual-use hardware from Asia to financial conduits in Europe and the Middle East. Iranian technical advisors continue to assist in extending the range and guidance accuracy of Houthi weaponry. Advanced missile saturation tactics pose a continuous threat to regional infrastructure and maritime trade routes. Houthi militants are attempting to produce their own advanced medium-range ballistic missiles using Chinese-delivered parts, a new report shows, a technological advance that would raise the threat posed by the Iran-backed group. The Houthis shipped in from a Chinese…
Ukraine War Peace Negotiations remain stalled as geopolitical tensions rise between Washington, Kyiv, and Moscow. President Trump called for Volodymyr Zelensky to be replaced and demanded an immediate end to Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries to stabilize global fuel prices. Critics argue that Zelensky’s reluctance to make territorial compromises has stalled potential ceasefire deals, leading toward potential international isolation. Caught in the crossfire, Ukrainian civilians in front-line areas face extreme hardship without electricity or adequate food while risking their lives to escape dangerous combat zones. President Donald Trump’s recent call for Ukraine to elect a new leader and…
Mecca Defence Agreement invoked in emergency ministerial talks following strike on King Khalid International Airport. Heavy damage to commercial aircraft forces international flight cancellations, threatening the high-level WPC Energy Congress. Pakistan and Türkiye agree to rapid defense coordination and air defense integration under collective security pact. Ground offensives and coastal fighting in Yemen intensify as Houthis target critical Gulf economic infrastructure. RIYADH / ISLAMABAD — The specter of expanded regional escalation struck at the core of Saudi Arabia’s aviation network on Thursday, as a ballistic missile barrage claimed by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement heavily damaged a commercial airliner at King…
Trump Xi Summit reduced immediate tensions but left major structural disputes between Washington and Beijing unresolved. Taiwan, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and critical minerals remain potential flashpoints between the two superpowers. The future of U.S.-China relations will affect global trade, technology, security alliances and the strategic choices of countries worldwide. The Trump-Xi summit in Washington has lowered the temperature between the United States and China, but analysts warn that the apparent thaw should not be mistaken for a strategic settlement. The September 2026 meeting produced agreements on trade, fentanyl and artificial intelligence, while confirming further meetings later this year. Yet the…
Mecca Defence Agreement: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are turning the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement into an operational security framework through intelligence sharing, military coordination and capability integration. The Riyadh meeting marks the pact’s first major practical test as Saudi Arabia faces escalating Houthi attacks targeting its territory, Mecca and critical civilian and economic infrastructure. The trilateral military structure could reshape regional deterrence by combining Saudi strategic geography, Pakistan’s counterterrorism experience and Turkey’s defence capabilities. The Riyadh meeting of the military chiefs of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey marks a significant transition in the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement from a…
Mecca Defence Alliance appoints retired Lt Gen Nauman Mahmood as its first Secretary General to lead the newly established Riyadh secretariat. The trilateral agreement integrates Turkish unmanned aerial technology and electronic warfare arrays with seasoned Pakistani military manpower and counter-insurgency doctrine. General Mahmood’s extensive operational background in North Waziristan and intelligence analysis equips the alliance to contain Houthi proxies while projecting structural deterrence against Iran. When Riyadh, Ankara, and Islamabad decided to turn a defense pact into an operational shield, they didn’t dispatch a career diplomat to head the secretariat; they sent a general who perfected the art of hunting…
Houthis Inflicted Red Sea energy crisis is deepening as Houthi attacks threaten Saudi oil exports and the strategic Bab el-Mandeb. Iran and its allies now have leverage over two critical energy chokepoints, Bab el-Mandeb and the Strait of Hormuz. The crisis cannot be solved through airstrikes alone; protecting shipping while pursuing a broader regional diplomatic settlement is essential. The Red Sea is no longer a secondary theater of the Iran war. It has become the second half of a strategic vise. At one end stands the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 million barrels of oil and petroleum products…
The UK’s Celtic Question: UK independence movements in Ireland, Scotland and Wales are putting new pressure on Westminster to address demands for constitutional change. Donald Trump has openly supported Irish reunification while stopping short of endorsing Scottish independence, creating a striking new dimension to the debate. Britain faces questions over whether delaying independence demands could deepen political tensions and whether the lessons of the 1947 Partition offer a warning. The UK’s Celtic Question Is No Longer Going Away The campaign for independence in Ireland, Scotland and Wales has entered a new and potentially consequential phase, with nationalist leaders now demanding…
Mecca Defence Alliance aims to guarantee regional security and collective deterrence among member states. Spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan confirms that alliance expansion is currently not under consideration. The three founding nations are concentrating on institutional consolidation before opening membership to other states. A permanent secretariat is being established in Saudi Arabia with a Pakistani official leading as Secretary General for the first three years. ISLAMABAD — The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday clarified that the newly formed Mecca Defence Alliance between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey is strictly defensive in nature, emphasizing that any prospective expansion of the pact to…