Pakistan’s Highest Court Suspends the Army Chief’s Term Extension. What Now?
Last week, the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended a government-issued directive that approved a three-year term extension for the current chief of army staff. It’s […]
Category: Governance
Afghan Elections and Peace Talks: Is the Government Losing on Both Fronts?
As multiple rounds of direct talks between the United States and the Taliban reached a dead-end in September, rekindled hopes for an as-yet elusive peace […]
The Azadi March in Pakistan: Testing the PTI’s Prudence
In a bid to topple the PTI government in Pakistan, the Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Fazlur Rehman has launched an Azadi (freedom) March from […]
Economic Challenges Ahead after Pakistan Narrowly Escapes the FATF Blacklist
Last month, Pakistan narrowly escaped being blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The FATF, a global watchdog working to combat money laundering and terror […]
Understanding India’s National Register of Citizens
On August 31, 2019, India published the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for the northeastern state of Assam. The document aims to identify “legal” migrants […]
Afghan Peace Talks: Weighing Flaws and Projecting Forward
International actors—most recently the United States and its partners in NATO—have devoted significant resources to increasing stability and state capacity in Afghanistan over the past […]
Can Federalism Diffuse Ethnic Tensions? The Case of Pakistan’s South Punjab Province
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ’s eleven-point election manifesto in 2018 included establishing a southern Punjab province as an administrative […]
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 […]
One Year In: The PTI’s Legislative Report Card
Just over a year ago, after 22 years of falling short of the requisite number of representatives, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Prime Minister […]
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