Since 2013, despite dozens of trips to other nations, there have been only six visits from heads of state or governments, with only two in 2014. Despite tight budgets in the...
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Dealing with Afghan refugees
In Paris on January 11, some 40 heads of states and governments stood among tens of thousands as a mark of solidarity with the journalists and staff of Charlie Hebdo. In...
Law of war
“An extraordinary situation and circumstances exist which demand special measures for speedy trial of offenses relating to terrorism, waging of war or insurrection against...
Rights and wrongs
As the parliament and the GHQ celebrate the passage of the 21st Amendment, they face pressing questions as to whether they will demonstrate a similar resolve in enforcing the...
Pakistan launches first ever polio injection drive in Fata
PESHAWAR : For the first time in Pakistan's history the health authorities have started administering polio injections in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata),...
US drone war: 2014 in numbers
A monthly update on the Covert War about the CIA strikes in the region of North Waziristan. This is the same place where Pakistan's Armed forces have been conducting a...
Countering terrorism: what should Pakistan do? -A CRSS roundtable on NAP
On December 31, 2014, leading members of the media, civil society, political parties and former military and law enforcement officials gathered at the Center for Research and...
Pakistan’s 21st amendment: national consensus or soft coup?
The attack on the school in Peshawar in December shocked the world. In Pakistan, the upshot is a growing military shadow once more looming over a fragile democracy. ...
Peshawar — terrorism and crippled governance
Peshawar epitomises the socio-political decline and degeneration of governance structures because of Pakistan’s involvement in two wars next door since December 1979. This turned...
Serious concerns: Over 8,000 seminaries operate without affiliation
Over 8,000 seminaries have neither been registered with the Ittehad-e-Tanzeemat-e-Madaris Pakistan (ITMP), an umbrella of five schools of thought, nor with the ministry of...
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