June 30, 2011 :
Almost all speakers at a policy dialogue titled ‘Aghaz-e Haqooq-e Balochistan Package (AHBP): Status and Way Forward’ organized jointly by the Center for Research and Security Studies [CRSS] and ActionAid Pakistan on June 30th, demanded quick and sincere implementation of the rights’ package that the prime minister Yousuf Reza Gilani had announced for Balochistan in November …
June 27, 2011 :
Amid criticism from various quarters—including the U.S. military leadership—on June 22nd, U.S. President, Barack Obama, announced pulling out 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by September 2012, with 10,000—mostly non-combat—troops starting to leave in July. The cost of the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan will touch the trillion dollar mark by the end of this year. In …
June 22, 2011 :
The Inter-services Public Relations (ISPR) directorate of the Pakistan military confirmed on June 21 that the army had arrested a serving brigadier by the name Ali Khan on May 6—four days after the killing of Osama Bin Laden (OBL) in an operation by U.S. Navy SEALs. Khan was arrested on suspicion of his links with …
June 16, 2011 :
The Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) in collaboration with ActionAid Pakistan organized a roundtable, “Impact of Conflict on Women in Balochistan” on June 16. The roundtable was third in a series of roundtables and seminars as part of the ActionAid-CRSS Balochistan Forums. Ms. Rukhsana Shama of ActionAid initiated the discussion by sharing that …
June 13, 2011 :
During her visit to Islamabad in the last week of May, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, had called the Post-OBL (Osama Bin Laden) scenario a turning point in the Pak-U.S. relations. Turning point is what the U.S. wants this to be for Pakistan. The Director of U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was in Islamabad …
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The demand to prioritize education in the next budget and effective implementation of Balochistan package came out in a policy dialogue forum organized by Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) and Actionaid Pakistan (AAPk) organized a roundtable on “Education System in Balochistan – Youth’s Perspective”. The Roundtable was presided over by former Deputy Speaker …
June 1, 2011 :
If the media reports were any indicator, the Pakistani army is almost set for fulfilling a long-standing American demand; a conclusive offensive against the Haqqani Network (HQN) nestled in Pakistan’s semi-autonomous North Waziristan and the Paktia Region of eastern Afghanistan. North Waziristan is one of the seven Pakistan tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, spread over roughly …
Pakistan Conflict Tracker Report
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Consultative Workshop on Social Cohesion and factors that divide or connect the society
Islamabad (February 19, 2013): Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Ahsan Iqbal, Daniyal Aziz, former chairman of National Reconstruction Bureau and others at the consultative workshop (Feb 19) on Social Cohesion and factors that divide or connect the society.The workshop was part of the UNICEF-CRSS nationwide conflict analysis. more
