About Aamir Hayat
Aamir Hayat is Co-Founder and Editor of The Global Decipher (TGD), a digital intelligence and research platform focused on terrorism trends, extremist media ecosystems, and security risk analysis.
He leads editorial oversight, strategic direction, operations, partnerships, and institutional development of the organisation. Under his editorship, TGD produces monthly Pakistan terrorism and counter-terrorism assessments, actor profiles of designated militant groups and individuals, incident tracking, and long-form analysis of jihadist propaganda and recruitment networks.
Role at The Global Decipher
- Editorial oversight across news, opinion, monthly assessments, and actor profiles.
- Research strategy for coverage of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), Baloch ethno-nationalist insurgents, and allied groups.
- Institutional development — partnerships with researchers, journalists, and policy institutions.
Areas of focus
- Pakistan's internal security landscape and the northwestern and southwestern insurgency theatres.
- Extremist media ecosystems and propaganda tracking.
- Counter-terrorism operations, casualty analysis, and provincial security assessments.
- Structured, public-source intelligence reporting for researchers, policy analysts, and security institutions.
Selected work
TGD's monthly Pakistan Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism Assessments, actor profile database, incident map, and network graph of militant organisations are all produced under his editorial direction. Reports and analysis published on The Global Decipher can be found in the Reports, News, and Opinion sections.
Contact
For editorial correspondence, partnerships, or press enquiries, use the Contact page.