The European Union (EU) and Switzerland signed a tax transparency agreement late last month that will put an end to Swiss banking secrecy for EU residents. The two sides will...
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War-related Death, Injury, and Displacement in Afghanistan and Pakistan 2001-2014
Courtesy: Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University. Summary This report summarizes the separate toll of war on civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan and...
Corruption, Nation-building and Money-Laundering
Consider this: the total annual cost for the combined 352,000 strong Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) – comprising ministries of Defense and Interior - is $5.5 billion a...
Inaction plan
The attack on innocent schoolchildren in Peshawar in December 2014 was an unprecedented wake up call for both civil society and the government. The National Action Plan (NAP), a...
China Pakistan Economic Corridor
The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a development mega project which aims to connect Gwadar Port in southwestern Pakistan to China’s northwestern autonomous region of...
Targeted: What’s Behind the Militant Assault on Pakistan’s Minorities
Minorities in Pakistan have been under attack for years. In the months since the atrocious attack on school children in Peshawar, that left 141 dead, 132 of them children,...
‘Outrageous’ intelligence deal
In a bizarre though expected display of their contemptuous opposition to Pakistan, a large number of Afghans took umbrage to the recentMemorandum of Understanding (MoU) on...
Counter-Terrorism Situation and Cooperation in Asia
ImtiazGul, Executive Director CRSS, presented the following paper at the First Annual Conference of CICA Non-Governmental Forum Beijing, May 25-26, at Beijing, China. ...
8 Pakistani cities feature in world's deadliest cities index
Eight Pakistani cities are listed among 64 cities from around the world that are at an “extreme risk” of terror attacks, according to a new index by Verisk. The cities in...
8 Pakistani cities feature in world's deadliest cities index
Eight Pakistani cities are listed among 64 cities from around the world that are at an “extreme risk” of terror attacks, according to a new index by Verisk. The cities in...
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