February 28, 2010 :
Since assuming his position as Army Chief from Musharraf in November 2007, Kayani has quietly endeavored to distance himself from his predecessor, relieving Musharraf’s allies of sensitive duties and charting a new course in the Army’s relationship with the United States. Pakistan is a willing partner now: The U.S. intelligence community has long viewed Pakistan’s …
February 21, 2010 :
A melting pot of intrigues: Peshawar, spread over 2257 sq kms, epitomizes the cost that the Northwestern Frontier Province (NWFP) and adjoining Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have paid as a consequence of the war that had originated in the early 1980s when the city became home to countless Afghan refugees, relief organizations, mujahideen commanders …
February 7, 2010 :
The “Please spare Afghanistan” appeal: During the Pak-Afghan-Iran foreign ministerial conference in Islamabad middle of January, the Afghan foreign minister Rangeen Dafdar Spanta issued a passionate appeal when he said his request to all the neighbors would be to “please keep Afghanistan out of your bilateral problems. We have already suffered a lot and do …
Pakistan Conflict Tracker Report
(May 2013)
The Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) has released two new documents on contemporary issues; one publication titled “State in Turmoil” is a compendium of five reports all of which primarily deal with security and governance issues of Pakistan in the year of 2012. The first report The Deadly Drone Campaign: Setting Dangerous Precedent: …
This CRSS report provides an historical overview of the evolution of the blasphemy laws in British India and the pre-partition political background behind it. It gives a detailed account of the blasphemy laws inherited by Pakistan and specifically highlights the blasphemy laws before and during the rule of General Zia-ul-Haq (July 1977-August 1988). Moreover, this …
