Dr.Zulfiqar Mirza, a former home minister of the volatile Sindh province in the south, and a very close associate of President Asif Ali Zardari, rattled entire Pakistan on...
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Balochistan Weekly Monitor (August 21- 28, 2011)
Executive Summary: The Balochistan High Court disqualified Senator Mohammad Ali Rind from holding any public office on August 26, in connection with corruption charges leveled...
Gas Pipeline – Regional Stabilisation Factor?
Background Pakistan currently finds itself at the heart of two major gas pipeline projects, both conceived in the early 1990s. One involves import of at least 750 mcfd (million...
Balochistan Weekly Monitor (August 15 – 21, 2011)
Executive Summary: In his address to the nation in connection with the celebration of 65th Independence Day of Pakistan on August 14, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced...
Balochistan Weekly Monitor (August 8 – 14, 2011)
Executive Summary: The current week saw sharp spike in violence compared to the previous ones as a result of a spate of blasts and acts of subversion around Balochistan. The...
Pakistan: Caught between defiance and diktat
"We will guard our interests, come what may," says a top Pakistani general. His posture indicates the defiant mood in the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. Army chief Gen...
Balochistan Weekly Monitor (August 1-7, 2011)
Executive Summary: The week in focus was less violent compared to the previous one. Pakistan Army Chief of Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visit to Balochistan and the...
Balochistan Weekly Monitor (July 25- 31st, 2011)
Executive Summary: The week in focus witnessed a greater number of violent incidents and surge in target killings compared to the previous ones. A major sectarian clash erupted...
Arab Spring: Relevance of Al-Qaida in the Arab World and Pakistan
Farooq Yousaf | CRSS Research Associate The public uprising against dictatorial regimes in some of the Arab countries is meanwhile known as the Arab Spring. It has become...
Analysis: Norwegian tragedy, Pakistani worries
Anders Behring Breivik was driven by a paranoia of Muslims, and of Pakistanis in particular. Of all the nations, he singled out Pakistan as responsible for the future problems of...
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