Overview

• JeM publicized the new brigade through an Al‑Qalam Media letter dated October 8, opening recruitment at Markaz Usman‑o‑Ali in Bahawalpur.
• Sadiya Azhar is reported as the leader of the wing, with coverage noting her husband Yusuf Azhar was killed during Operation Sindoor.
• Sources say enlistment targets wives of commanders and economically vulnerable women at JeM centers in Bahawalpur, Karachi, Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Haripur, and Mansehra.
• Intelligence inputs indicate Masood Azhar and Talha al‑Saif approved integrating women into operations, with reports of training female suicide attackers not independently confirmed.
• Outlets also describe plans to push recruitment, fundraising, and propaganda into India via encrypted networks and social media, a claim that remains uncorroborated.