The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reactivated its networks in Punjab and Karachi, reviving the so-called “Punjabi Taliban” as part of its post-2021 resurgence and ambition to wage an Afghan-style insurgency nationwide. Chaudhry Muneeb-ur-Rehman Jatt, called Muneeb—a veteran al-Qaeda operative and now TTP media chief—has spearheaded this expansion, rebuilding cells, merging defunct factions, and coordinating propaganda and operations in Punjab and Sindh. High-profile attacks in Mianwali, Lahore, and Karachi, including assassinations of counterterrorism officials, reflect the TTP’s increasing urban reach outside of its traditional stronghold of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
TTP Projecting Power Outside Pakistan’s Northwest – Jamestown
