Overview

• In a June 9 Sky News interview Senator Sherry Rehman acknowledged Pakistan’s historical involvement with terrorist groups and asserted that “Pakistan is a changed country now” while declining to detail Brigade 313’s operations.
• Rehman deflected questions about Brigade 313’s role by proposing a “digital dossier” response after TRAC analysts described the group as an umbrella for al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Jaish-e-Mohammad and HuJI.
• Defence Minister Khawaja Asif earlier told Sky News Pakistan had carried out “dirty work” for the United States and Britain by supporting terror groups over the past three decades.
• Intelligence sources portray Brigade 313 as al-Qaeda’s military arm in Pakistan with operational links to the Special Services Group, ISI and regional jihadist networks active in Kashmir, Balochistan, FATA, Karachi and Lahore.
• Scrutiny intensified after India’s Operation Sindoor against terror camps and the April 22 Pahalgam attack, maintaining diplomatic pressure on Islamabad to clarify its counterterrorism record.