In Pakistan, Climate Change is the Primary Threat to National Security
Between July and September this year, 235 Pakistanis lost their lives and another 169 suffered injuries due to the current monsoon spell. On the other […]
Category: Development
Between the Devil and the Deep Sea: A Civilian’s Perspective on Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
On August 5, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the withdrawal of Article 370 of the Indian constitution from Jammu & Kashmir, which revoked the […]
پاکستان کیلئے آئی ایم ایف قرضہ، بوجھ کون برداشت کرے گا؟
پاکستان کو تین برس کیلئے ملنے والے ۶ ارب ڈالر کے آئی ایم ایف بیل آؤٹ پیکج کے تحت ۹۹۱.۴ملین ڈالر کی پہلی قسط […]
فاٹا انضمام کے بعدغیرفعالیت: توقعات بمقابلہ حقائق
مئی ۲۰۱۸ میں حکومت پاکستان نے ایک تاریخی آئینی ترمیم منظور کی جس کے ذریعے سے وفاق کے زیرانتظام قبائلی علاقوں کی نیم خودمختار حیثیت […]
ASEAN’s Outlook for the Indo-Pacific: An Attempt to Set Rules of the Game
Negating allegations that the grouping takes weak positions on issues of geostrategic sensitivity, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently came out with the […]
Who Will Bear the Burden of Pakistan’s IMF Bailout?
Pakistan has recently received the first tranche of USD $991.4 million under the three-year, USD $6 billion IMF bailout program. Many IMF customers suffer from […]
Post-Merger Inaction in FATA: Expectations vs. Reality
In May 2018, the Pakistani government passed a historic constitutional amendment that ended the semi-autonomous rule of its Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), abolished the […]
Assessing India’s Shift From SAARC to BIMSTEC
The recently re-elected Narendra Modi-led government in India is poised to continue its “neighborhood first” policy in its second term. However, there has been a […]
Playing by No Rules: The Quagmire of India’s Refugee Policy
This past February, protesters in the Indian state of Assam burned down the offices of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in response to a […]
چین سے تعلقات: بی آر آئی کے تناظر میں سری لنکا اور نیپال سے حاصل شدہ سبق
۲۰۱۳ میں جب سے چینی صدر شی جن پنگ نے بیلٹ اینڈ روڈ انیشیٹو ( بی آر آئی) کا آغاز کیا ہے، بھارتی اور مغربی […]