Pakistan's rulers are seeking international attention to threat of militancy in border areas in the hope of converting such attention to geopolitical rents. This is one of the reasons why they are highlighting the threat of militancy in border areas.
After the agreement, between the two military factions that were fighting over leadership in the army, Faiz Hamid and Imran Khan on the one hand, and General Bajwa on the other, the Pakistani military leadership settled the issue of extending the service of General Bajwa.