Pakistan, Feb. 7 -- The suicide bombing at Imambargah Khadijah-tul-Kubra in the federal capital- killing 31 and wounding 169 - shattered the uneasy calm on Friday. An investigation is underway with several injured still in critical condition. It was the deadliest mosque attack since the January 2023 blast in Peshawar's police lines.

This carnage arrives amid a renewed surge in militancy as just days earlier, separatists in Balochistan claimed nearly 50 livesin coordinated raids. According to security monitors, 2025 saw a 60% jump in militant attacks, going down in history as the bloodiest year in a decade.

That this bomb struck an Imambargah is no coincidence. Militant outfits have long declared a war on Pakistan's Shia community, which...