Pakistan Monthly Roundup: February 2026

Suicide Bombings, Open War with Kabul, and Consulate Bloodshed in a Country where Ordinary Pakistanis Keep Paying for Elite Miscalculations

February 2026 was a month in which Pakistan felt under siege from every direction, with a suicide bomber tearing through a Shia mosque in Islamabad, warplanes bombing targets in Afghanistan, and security forces killing Pakistanis on the streets of Karachi outside the United States consulate. Beneath the explosions and televised clashes, an older story kept grinding on, of deepening poverty, mega corruption, and a political order that prefers legal warfare and police raids over genuine consent.