Pakistan Reader

Daily Briefs

29 May 2020, Friday, Vol 1, No.29

Pakistan remembers 28 May Nuclear Tests

28 May 2020, Thursday, Vol 1, No.28

Violence against Women in Pakistan continues. This time a honour killing in Waziristan

27 May 2020, Wednesday, Vol 1, No.27

Pakistan attempts to form an OIC envoys group on Islamaphobia inside the UN, with India in mind. But

26 May 2020, Tuesday, Vol 1, No.26

Erdogan calls Imran Khan; Locusts spread to South Punjab from Sindh; Investigations continue on PIA-

Publications

Pakistan This Week

May 2020 | Comment

Imran complains of an Indian false flag march, Pakistan responds to the US criticisms on China and CPEC, Violence along the Pak-Afghan and Pak-Iran borders, and the Locust threat

Pakistan This Week

Pakistan eases the lockdown, holds National Assembly meeting, bans three organizations, and decides to build the Diamer-Bhasha dam

May 2020 | Comment

The most significant development of the week, which many within Pakistan criticize as a gamble, is Imran Khan's decision to ease the lockdown.

Editorial

Pakistan bans three more organizations as proscribed, but the problem remains

May 2020 | Comment

The real problem is the cosmetic nature of the government's attempts. In 2001, when the government started the proscribed list, there was so much pressure from the US, after the 9/11. During the recent years, the FATF discussions and the threat of Grey List weighs heavily within Pakistan to be seen as taking actions against the groups.

Editorial

Smart Lockdown, SOPs vs Social Realities

May 2020 | Comment

Smart lockdown needs smarter governments and stronger SOPs. Else, the Second Wave will be staggering.

Editorial

May 2020 | Comment

Khalilzad meets Gen Bajwa: What is Pakistan’s Afghan Endgame?

After Doha

March 2020 | Analysis

The US-Taliban deal will lead to an Afghan Civil War

The US-Taliban deal in Doha

March 2020 | Analysis

Five reasons why Pakistan is ecstatic

The Fazlur Fizzle

November 2019 | Analysis

The Azadi March will fail, for four reasons

Pakistan This Week

PEMRA’s new directive: Curbing media freedom is a self goal and will return to haunt

November 2019 | Comment

RIP Stephen Cohen

November 2019 | Comment

Call me Steve

Pakistan This Week

October 2019 | Comment

Azadi March, Ease of Doing Business in Pakistan, LoC clashes and the Agreement on Kartarpur

Af-Pak

February 2019 | Brief

Dialogue with the Taliban: Six Questions

The Road to Doha

January 2019 | Analysis

Why the Taliban continues with Violence despite Peace Talks: Three Explanations

Well Judged

January 2019 | Analysis

Farewell, Justice Nisar

The Afghan Great Game in 2019

January 2019 | Analysis

All in the name of Peace

US and Af-Pak

December 2018 | Analysis

Trump's Withdrawal Plan

Under the CPEC Shadow

December 2018 | Analysis

Contemporary Gilgit Baltistan

A Political Century

November 2018 | Brief

Imran Khan's Maiden Hundred

Election 2018 Analysis - 04

August 2018 | Analysis

Pakistan's "Naya" Parliament: Five New Features

Election 2018 Analysis - 03

August 2018 | Analysis

The Fall of MQM

India Pakistan

August 2018 | Analysis

Picking up the Indo-Pak Peace

Bookshelf

Book Shelf

India and Pakistan: Lessons to be Learnt

December 2018 | Book Shelf

India and Pakistan:Neighbours at Odds

Avtar Bhasin
Delhi; Bloomsbury, 2018

Document

Now, the Punjabi Taliban

January 2017 | Document

Pakistan’s Jihadist Heartland: Southern Punjab

International Crisis Group
Report 279, May 2016

Document

Police Reforms in Pakistan

January 2017 | Document

“This Crooked System”: Police Abuse and Reform in Pakistan

Human Rights Watch
September 2016

Document

Some Good News

January 2017 | Document

The State of Pakistan's Economy: First Quarterly Report 2016- 2017

State Bank of Pakistan
January 2017

Reviews

Review

Theorizing an Anarchic Confrontation

January 2017 | Review

The India-Pakistan Conflict: An Enduring Rivalry

TV Paul ed
New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005

Review

Pakistan: Muddling Through, Crisis by Crisis

December 2016 | Review

The Future of Pakistan

Stephen P. Cohen et al
Oxford University Press, 2011, 311 pages, Rs.695