In a meeting with Aabraj group on January 28, 2016 for the CPEC project, Mr. Ahsan Iqbal, minister for planning, development and reform underlined that Pakistan has become an...
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Road to Progress
by Zeeshan Salahuddin The Government of Pakistan uses some very specific terminology when referring to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a 3,000 kilometer long route...
Why The World Does Not Believe Us
by Imtiaz Gul The public outrage over yet another “security lapse” makes complete sense. It marked the fourth consecutive terror strike within a week leaving almost 50 innocents...
Pakistan Taking off?
by Imtiaz Gul In recent public appearances, including in an article, the Minister for Planning, Ahsan Iqbal, has likened Pakistan to an aircraft and spelt out the basic...
Pakistan’s Counter-Terror Conundrum
by Imtiaz Gul Executive Director CRSS Imtiaz Gul takes a look at the dilemmas faced by Pakistan in counter radical ideology and violent extremism, labels five reasons for why...
China Considers Larger Role in Afghanistan Peace Process
To play a vital role for the peace talks with the Taliban, China must convince Pakistan to engage politically and economically with all the regional powers as, a stable...
CRSS China Watch – January 25, 2016
The Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal rejected the idea of incorporating adjustments in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) route. He...
Making Sense of the CPEC Controversy
The controversy around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) seems far from subsiding. In recent developments, political parties from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and...
The Tragedy of India’s Caste System
The 2011 census in India showed the population of Indians belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as being over 25 per cent of the population. Of these, 16.6 per cent...
Fighting Terrorism: More DHAs, More Metros
Islamabad diary A nation at war? This is the biggest fiction of all. You wouldn’t guess this from Islamabad’s development priorities or the flyover craze in Lahore. Or from the...
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