Where our priorities went wrong “Ninety per cent of my time is spent on resolving issues relating to terror, power crisis,” says Prime Minister of Pakistan. Action reflecting...
Mustafa Malik
An Open Letter to Important Men
Dear Sharifs, Your predecessors often fell short on their oath of duty. They mostly used the public vote and positions of power to pursue personal or narrow party and...
Pakistan Executes 150 in Six Months
Pakistani has executed approximately 150 ‘criminals’ over the past six months amidst concerns that those executed may have been tortured into making false confessions, reports...
Drone Blame Game
US DRONE strikes have continued relentlessly in the Fata region. Most recently, on June 6, a US drone strike killed at least nine suspected militants in the Shawal valley of...
China, US and Pakistan
Washington and Beijing have conflicting visions about Pakistan. What is Islamabad’s own vision? Pakistan finds itself at the centre of two conflicting visions – one resonating...
Pakistan’s Cost of Conflict down, Government claims
Introduction: A government document Thursday claimed that Pakistan’s counter-terrorism related losses during the fiscal year 2014-2015 were down to about $4.5 billion from...
Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan’s geo-political crisis; the problems, the opportunities and the road forward
Raza Naeem, Assistant Professor at the School of Governance and Society in the University of Management and Technology, Lahore , speaking giving at CRSS on Yemen, Saudi Arabia...
Charting Pakistan’s Internal Security Policy
Traditionally ruled by military or quasi-military regimes, Pakistan is struggling to strengthen its democratic governance but the military remains in charge of country’s security...
Monthly drone report, May 2015: US strikes kill at least 48 in three countries
Abigail Fielding-Smith and Jack Serle of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveal the latest drone strike data for May, 2015. A total of seven strikes in Pakistan,...
The Peruvian experience
Peru, an impoverished South American country, remained plagued with the menace of terrorism for fifteen long years. The Peruvian problems started with the emergence of Maoist...
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“Polarisation and social unrest can only be tackled through social cohesion and inclusive dialogue.”