Executive Summary: The overall security situation in the country improved considerably during this quarter as the number of fatalities dropped. However, security challenges...
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Why not Just Say no to CSF?
The US decision to withhold $50 million remaining in military reimbursements to Pakistan for fiscal year 2016 for not doing "enough to blunt the Islamist militant Haqqani...
Panama Leaks Lesson: Judiciary Is the Bulwark Against Elites
The circumstances surrounding and events accompanying the Panama Papers remind me of two meetings I had with former premier Benazir Bhutto in March/April 1999 shortly before Ms...
Panama Leaks Lesson: Judiciary Is the Bulwark Against Elites
The circumstances surrounding and events accompanying the Panama Papers remind me of two meetings I had with former premier Benazir Bhutto in March/April 1999 shortly before Ms...
Sabawoon Showcase: July 4, 2017
Regional Review on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) The latest episode of Da Simay Jaaj (regional review) discussed several public issues,...
Sabawoon Showcase: July 3, 2017
Law & Order situation in the region-Fear and Expectation. The latest episode of Jarga Maraka (debate and council) shed light on the current situation of law and order in the...
JIT Report and other Murmurings
The JIT report is damning and damaging to the lives and careers of the Sharif family. Commentators and analysts are all actively giving their analysis. But there are a few key...
Panamagate: Time to Face Up The Reality?
If the Joint Investigation Team’s (JIT) finding about two declarations submitted by Maryam Nawaz is correct, she will be facing criminal prosecution on account of forgery. For...
Pakistan Proposes Joint Border Ops with Kabul
* McCain tells Ghani Gen Bajwa agreed to US ‘monitoring’ of action against terrorists * If Islamabad doesn’t change, US may change its behaviour towards Pakistan A high-powered...
Civil Disservice
This June, a group of 65 retired senior civil servants published an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticising “a rising authoritarianism and majoritarianism, which...
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