The recent demolition of an illegally constructed seminary in an Islamabad graveyard, on the orders of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), comes as a silver lining in the country’s...
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‘Not a Perfect World’
EXPRESSING dissatisfaction over Pakistan’s latest ranking in the Corruption Perception Index, President Mamnoon Hussain told the National Accountability Bureau some time ago to...
Zarb-e-Azb, One Year On
A year ago this month, Pakistan launched a multi-pronged military operation in the embattled North Waziristan tribal region to flush out Al-Qaeda-linked local and foreign...
CRSS completes first of three trainings under the Harnessing Future Leaders project
On Sunday, June 14, 2015, the Center for Research and Security Studies concluded its three-day training and capacity building exercise with selected youth of the Khyber...
CRSS launches Harnessing Future Leaders
The Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) is set to kick-off a unique youth training program for talented young people with leadership abilities, drawn from educational...
The Woes of Selective Justice
On June 8, 2015, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested 17 executives at the Axact branch office in Islamabad. A case was registered against CEO Shoaib Shaikh, his wife...
Green to Orange
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...
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...
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“Fiscal empowerment, robust trade, and economic connectivity can act as buffer against radicalisation and extremism.”