CRSS – Center for Research and Security Studies – Pakistan Focused, Independent Questions, Independent Answers

October 31, 2010 :

Anatomy of “Why NATO Supplies are Back?”: Hundreds of NATO cargo trucks and containers are back on the Pakistani roads, carrying vital military, fuel and food supplies destined for troops based in Afghanistan. These almost 2000 kilometers roads – between the Karachi port in the south and the northwestern and southwestern border towns Torkham and Chamman …

October 24, 2010 :

A Reality Check on Pakistan’s Future: Pakistan has a population of around 180 million which has trebled over the past 50 years and is slated to grow by another 85 million in the next 20 years, making it roughly 265 million – equivalent to adding five more Karachis! In another twenty years the population will …

October 17, 2010 :

The endgame for the current Afghanistan crisis is supposedly approaching. Some Taliban leaders have already been flown by NATO to Kabul for talks. Richard Holbrooke, special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan under the Obama administration, has cautioned, however, that these are not negotiations yet, only preliminary contacts. Gen Petraeus, commander-in-chief of the International Security Assistance …

October 10, 2010 :

NATO’s Attack & Pakistan’s Response: Hundreds of NATO cargo trucks and containers are back on the Pakistani roads, carrying vital military, fuel and food supplies destined for troops based in Afghanistan. These almost 2000 kilometers roads – between the Karachi port in the south and the northwestern and southwestern border towns Torkham and Chamman remain the key, shortest …

October 3, 2010 :

Imtiaz Gul Pakistan-US relations have once again hit a dead end. Confusion and conflict of interests appear to be at the heart of the latest round of tensions between an embattled Pakistani government and a desperate US administration. America’s philosopher general – David Petraeus – has upped the ante by dropping strong hints that troops …