The landlocked Afghanistan has been using the port of Karachi in Pakistan for its international trade for decades but with the development of the strategically located Chabahar...
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Australian Acting High Commissioner visits CRSS- Sabawoon program at Radio Pakistan,Peshawar
The Acting High Commissioner of Australia, H.E Jurek Juszczyk, visited on Monday 29 June, 2015, the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) “Sabawoon” program at the...
The Role of Human Rights in Counter-Terrorism Strategies
The Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) held a side event on June 25, 2015 during the UN Human Rights Council summer session at Geneva, Switzerland. The discussion...
Now or Never
Recall that famous speech of Altaf Hussain’s in which he exhorted his community to sell their TV sets and buy arms. The MQM was never a political party in the accepted sense of...
Terrorism, Governance and the Police
Would the Pakistani military and the paramilitary forces be performing the policing and anti-corruption function had the police and affiliated institutions been autonomous? Would...
Minority Matters
One year after a landmark Supreme Court judgment asking the government to protect religious minorities, there has been little progress on its implementation One year ago, on June...
A Month’s Lifeline: No Prisoners to be sent to the Gallows during Ramazan
As many as 180 convicts in the country have been executed during the last six months. The Ministry of Interior Affairs has now announced a moratorium on executions till Eidul...
Perils of Covert Operations
The debate over the June 9 raids by the Indian Army’s Special Forces against two northeastern insurgent groups on Myanmarese territory has produced two main reactions. The first,...
A Tale of Two Brothers
On December 16, 2014, Sher Shah and Ahmed Shah left their home to attend classes at the Army Public School in the Peshawar Cantonment, just two kilometers from their home. Only...
Encirclement?
Modi’s plans against Pakistan are not good for the region. Phone calls by Narendra Modi to Nawaz Sharif, Hasina Wajid and Ashraf Ghani on June 16 notwithstanding, there is little...
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