August 30, 2011 :
Dr.Zulfiqar Mirza, a former home minister of the volatile Sindh province in the south, and a very close associate of President Asif Ali Zardari, rattled entire Pakistan on Sunday, Aug 29th resigning from all party positions and making a string of stinging allegations against the federal interior minister of being “hand-in-glove with criminals and murderers”, …
August 29, 2011 :
Executive Summary: The Balochistan High Court disqualified Senator Mohammad Ali Rind from holding any public office on August 26, in connection with corruption charges leveled against him in his nomination papers for Senate elections in 2009. Rind was elected as a senator in 2009 on the ticket of the Balochistan National Party (BNP-Awami). The court …
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Background Pakistan currently finds itself at the heart of two major gas pipeline projects, both conceived in the early 1990s. One involves import of at least 750 mcfd (million cubic feet per day) of gas from Iran’s Pars gasfield to the southern Pakistan. The other one envisages about 3.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas …
August 22, 2011 :
Executive Summary: In his address to the nation in connection with the celebration of 65th Independence Day of Pakistan on August 14, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced that the government had decided to release all political prisoners in Balochistan. He added that in the light of 39 points listed in the Aghaz-i- Haqooq-i- Balochistan …
August 18, 2011 :
Deputy parliamentary leader of German Bundestag (Parliament), Dr. Frithjof Schmidt, belonging to BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN – The Greens, interacted with CRSS advisory board, civil society members and politicians at CRSS office on August 17, 2011.
August 17, 2011 :
Potential of Natural Resources and State of Various Agreements in Balochistan As a part of ongoing campaign to raise awareness among people regarding Balochistan Rights Package, the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), Islamabad in collaboration with ActionAid, Pakistan organized a roundtable discussion on “Potential of Natural Resources and State of Various Agreements in …
August 16, 2011 :
Executive Summary: The current week saw sharp spike in violence compared to the previous ones as a result of a spate of blasts and acts of subversion around Balochistan. The deadliest of all was orchestrated by the hitherto unknown Baloch Liberation Tiger, at a local hotel on the National Highway in Dera Allah Yar, some …
August 12, 2011 :
“We will guard our interests, come what may,” says a top Pakistani general. His posture indicates the defiant mood in the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. Army chief Gen Ashfaq Kayani’s response to the suspension of $800 million US military assistance to Pakistan must be seen in this context. The underlying message was that the …
August 9, 2011 :
Executive Summary: The week in focus was less violent compared to the previous one. Pakistan Army Chief of Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s visit to Balochistan and the inauguration of the Garrison Sports Academy and Institute of Medical Sciences in Quetta on Monday, August 1 was the salient feature of the week. During the visit, …
August 3, 2011 :
Executive Summary: The week in focus witnessed a greater number of violent incidents and surge in target killings compared to the previous ones. A major sectarian clash erupted when a Sunni cleric of Jamia Albadar Mosque, Abdul Karim Mengal, was shot dead on 28th of July by unknown gunmen in Pishin district of Balochistan. Subsequently, …
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
