This month, the provincial governments of Balochistan and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa came under attack for failing to improve the security situation in their provinces[1] [2]. The...
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The Senate report on the CIA and torture: What you need to know
A 500-page American Senate Intelligence Committee report shed some light on the Bush administration's use of torture as a means to interrogate and extract information, and the...
Bringing back Balochistan
Balochistan appears to be caught up in a perennial state of crisis. The lingering Baloch separatist insurgency, organized crime patronized by powerful political elites, the...
Tackling Balochistan’s challenges
Power politics —led by the notorious Baloch ruling elite — again appears to have gripped the restive province of Balochistan. At a time when the Chief Minister’s Policy Reform...
Pakistan and the crucible of terror
Within days of the terrorist attacks on the twin towers in New York and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001, Pakistan became an inseparable element in calculations about responding...
Drone attacks and public discourse around the globe
The first known missile strike by a US drone in Pakistani territory was carried out in the year 2004, in South Waziristan. Five people, including local Taliban commander Nek...
Role of Women in Policing Sindh
The Center for Research and Security Studies(CRSS) organised an Otaq (Public Meeting) in Badin, Sindh province of Pakistan on Wednesday November 26, 2014. The theme was “Role of...
Deadly Drones: Protect Innocent Civilians
A recent report by Open Society Foundations ‘After the Dead are Counted: U.S. and Pakistani Responsibilities to Victims of Drone Strikes’ recommends that concerted efforts should...
Community and Police
A Regional Conference on “Policing and Role of Community” was organized in Hyderabad, Sindh province of Pakistan on November 25, 2014. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Hyderabad...
International Day for Elimination of violence against women
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is observed every year on November 25. The day holds relevance to Pakistan as well because of the prevalence of...
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