Threat Matrix (database)

For the television series, see Threat Matrix.
Pakistan's location within Asia.

The Threat Matrix is an intelligence-based measure and thorough assessments database program that Pakistani government officials and military science circles use in evaluating perceived external and internal threats that challenge the national security of Pakistan.[1] Development began in 2011 under the government of Prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. The program identifies the military's operational priorities and goes beyond in comprehensively describing both existential and non-existential threats to the country. The Threat Matrix program is viewed to become a permanent fixture of the national security policy of Pakistan.[2]

The database's comprehensive existence was revealed by political scientist Dr. Farrukh Saleem in his work published in The News International in 2013, but it was earlier mentioned by the ISPR in a press briefing given to media. In his published thesis Saleem critically opined that the source of all existential threats has always been a state actor(s), not a non-state on, the armed forces.[1]

  1. ^ a b Dr. Farrukh Salim (10 February 2013). "Threat Matrix". Dr. Farrukh Salim, The News International. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  2. ^ Shakil Shaikh (5 January 2013). "Corps commanders finalise terror war strategy". Retrieved 8 June 2013.