By Engineer Arshad H Abbasi This op-ed explores the urgent need to safeguard the Chenab River’s fragile ecosystem, threatened by rampant hydropower expansion and accelerating...
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Thirst for Destabilisation: UNPACKING INDIA’S MOTIVES BEHIND THE TREATY SUSPENSION
CRSS is dedicated to delivering the finest unbiased, professional technical and legal analysis regarding the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. Our mission is not only to...
Humanitarian Fallout of Afghan Mass Deportations
Deporting the innocent Afghans isn’t solving a crisis, it is creating one, as families are torn from their homes and thrust into an uncertain future. Women and children suffer...
Multilateral Solution, Shared Global Responsibility Can Tackle Afghan Refugee Crisis: Former Envoy Durrani
Ambassador (retd) Asif Durrani underscored the complexity of the Afghan refugee situation in Pakistan, reminding all stakeholders that “this is not just Pakistan’s responsibility...
CHINA IN AFGHANISTAN THE DRAGON RISES
Abstract This report tracks China's engagement with Afghanistan in recent years, both pre- and post-Taliban rule in August 2021. Guided by principles of non-interference and...
Silent Expulsions: Human Cost of Pakistan’s Refugee Crackdown
By Shahana Naseer Pakistan has been a major refuge for Afghan refugees, hosting millions over the years. The influx began with over a million Afghans fleeing to Pakistan after...
A Crime against the Nation: How the Kachhi Canal Project Failed Balochistan
By Arshad H Abbasi Is Pakistan’s relentless quest for nuclear capability the unifying thread binding its four provinces and three territories? Perhaps. Yet, as history and human...
Indus Interrupted: The Quest for Equitable Water Distribution in Pakistan
By Engineer Arshad H Abbasi The Indus River, ancient and indomitable, courses through the veins of a region steeped in millennia of history and myth, binding what is now Pakistan...
Outlaws’ Fatalities Surpass Civilian and Security Losses for First Time in 12 Years, Overall Violence Drops 13%
CRSS Security Report - Q1 2025 Outline The first quarter of 2025 saw some promising trends in the security landscape of Pakistan, with i) the fatalities of militants and...
The Brewing Crisis
By Elsa Imdad The ever-delicate Pak-Afghan relationship hangs by a thread, with unresolved tensions sparking fears of a deeper regional crisis. The growing tensions between...
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