There are structural and inherent fault lines within Pakistan’s economy. The country is undergoing a prolonged recession and experiencing its 3rd consecutive year of low GDP...
Analysis & Research
IMF: China to be largest global growth contributor
China is likely to become the largest contributor to world growth in 2023 without driving up global inflation, an official at the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday....
Quarterly Security Report – 2021
July 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021 by Senior Research Fellow M. Nafees Casualties from violence in Pakistan During the third quarter (Q3) in 2021, an uptick was observed in...
Ghani's Outburst and Pakistan's Options
Asharaf Ghani’s charged Pakistan-focused speech before the Kabul Process Summit on June 6 in the presence of a Pakistani delegation left quite a few foreign delegates wondering...
Our Afghan dilemma
Amid a long deadlock in relations with Kabul, Pakistan’s decision to attend the Moscow moot on Afghan peace in mid-April demonstrates the country’s desire to miss no opportunity...
Pak-Afghan Unofficial Dialogue Underway To Defuse Tensions
Pakistani and Afghan members of the parliament, former officials, members of the civil society and media persons are holding dialogue in Islamabad to give their input as to how...
Pakistan, Afghanistan and others
There has been an escalation of friction in relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the wake of the attacks within Pakistan. Pakistan gave Afghanistan a list of over 70 to...
Donald Trump has three choices in Afghanistan: stalemate, failure, or sending in more troops
The continuing, if forgotten, war in Afghanistan is the United States' longest-ever conflict. But President Donald Trump has vowed to end "nation-building", raising expectations...
Non-Pashtun Taleban of the North (2): Case studies of Uzbek Taleban in Faryab and Sar-e Pul
The Taleban have spent many years ‘localising’ their fight in the north, recruiting local fighters and commanders and keying in to Afghan Uzbek madrassa networks in Pakistan and...
Bordering on insanity
Top businessmen from Afghanistan and Pakistan went into a huddle this past week to raise a collective voice about the consequences of closing the border on Feb 17. The consensus...
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“Polarisation and social unrest can only be tackled through social cohesion and inclusive dialogue.”