QUETTA: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani holds a Pakistani identity card, a local government official revealed on Tuesday. District Council Chairman Malik Dilmurad Hasni stunned the...
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The Myth of Shining India
To illustrate how differently India and Pakistan carve and peddle their narratives, former ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram recently quoted an excerpt from a review...
The German Experience of Countering Terrorism: Lessons for Pakistan
It is hard to believe that Germany, now a peaceful and tranquil country, had been subject to such significant acts of terrorism only in the last century; first, during the Weimar...
Marked Decrease in Karachi Violence: CRSS Security Report
Below is a report published by The News, the largest English-language Pakistani newspaper, on the CRSS quarterly security report released early this month. The report, based on...
Of Judicial Commissions & Democratic Evolutions
Major Western democracies — despite many socio-political shortcomings, not alien to human society at large — stand out for continued democratic exercise and incessant...
Of Judicial Commissions & Democratic Evolutions
Major Western democracies — despite many socio-political shortcomings, not alien to human society at large — stand out for continued democratic exercise and incessant...
Will Narratives Change?
Ashraf Ghani finds himself pitched against deeply-entrenched beliefs about Pakistan in Afghanistan’s security establishment. The July 12 suicide car bombing near a military base...
Q2 Security Report – 2015
Second Quarter 2015 - Introduction A year after the Pakistani military launched the multi-pronged counter-terror Operation Zarb-e-Azb in the North Waziristan region, and nearly...
Development of Chabahar Port and the Strategic Turf Wars between Regional Rivals
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...
Terrorism hits Foreign Investment in Pakistan
Empirical studies conducted by independent economists suggest that a slight uptick in the “perceived risk of terrorism” can lead to an “outsized reduction” in the FDI that a...
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“Fiscal empowerment, robust trade, and economic connectivity can act as buffer against radicalisation and extremism.”