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: Politics
India-Pakistan Relations under Imran Khan and Modi 2.0: The Lowest Point in a Decade
India-Pakistan relations, under the Imran Khan government in Pakistan and the Modi 2.0 government in India, are arguably at the lowest point in their bilateral […]
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 […]
INDIA, CHINA, AND THE BATTLE OF PERCEPTIONS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC
In 2018, Vivek Mishra assessed the importance of narrative-building, based on both hard and soft power, in the India-China battle for influence among countries in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
بھارت کی ناکامی
بھارت کے بارے میں میرا تصوربھی میری طرح پرانا ہے۔ میں اس (تصور) کے خاتمے پرماتم کناں ہوں۔ بھارت کے بارے میں میرا تصور، چوکس […]
One Year in Office: Revisiting Imran Khan’s Foreign Policy
When Prime Minister Imran Khan assumed office a year ago, in August 2018, Pakistan-United States relations were at a low point following the Trump administration […]
مقبوضہ کشمیر کی خصوصی حیثیت ختم کرنے کا بھارتی فیصلہ اوراس کے سیاسی اثرات
۵ اگست کو نریندرہ مودی کی قیادت میں نیشنل ڈیموکریٹک الائنس کی حکومت نے بھارتی آئین کی شق۳۷۰ جو بشمول لداخ کا علاقہ ، ریاست […]