Pakistan Reader

July 2017 | Analysis

Pakistan's Parachinar Problem

While the Sunni militants have been gunning for control in Parachinar, unfortunately, the State – both the military and political establishments pursued an Ostrich approach. Both explained the problem...

Panama Politics

Towards a PML minus Sharif?

July 2017 | Analysis

For Imran Khan, it is never about Panama scandal or corruption charges against Sharif. He just cannot wait any longer. With the MQM in a disarray, and desertions continuing unabated in the PPP (into PTI), he sense an opportunity. For the Establishment, besides the ongoing tensions with Sharif, perhaps it does not want to deal with him for one more term. Especially, if he is going to return to the Parliament, and that too with support in both the Houses, it would make him more powerful, than he is already.

The Panama Politics

JIT: What Next for Nawaz Sharif?

June 2017 | Forecast

If the Sharifs and the PML-N are already convinced of JIT’s bias, or would like to project the process as unfair and not transparent, its final will be questionable. Especially, if the JIT findings are against the Sharif family. The PML-N, in that case, will not accept and likely to take it to the streets.

Afghanistan

Afghan Common Ground

June 2017 | Analysis

There are new developments in the region within and around Afghanistan that calls for a fresh initiative, with Kabul as the pivot. Instead of expecting or accusing Trump for not doing enough, the region will have to look inwards, take ownership and prepare a road map. There is enough power in the ongoing Asian led projects to fire the Afghan engine

India-Pakistan

June 2017 | Analysis

Doha to Astana: Insulate and Integrate

Afghanistan

June 2017 | Analysis

Afghans’ Kabul Problem

Indo-Pak

May 2017 | Forecast

ICJ Verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav: Four Likely Pakistan Options

Terrorism

May 2017 | Comment

Fighting Taliban and the Islamic State: Don't prioritize

India-Pakistan

Indo-Pak Dialogue Options: Importance of Back Channel

May 2017 | Comment

Given the restrictions of track-I and track-II led dialogues as an option for the Prime Ministers to break the ice, and make substantial progress, perhaps it is useful to invest in silent back channel diplomacy. Let us not demonize this option

India-Pakistan

April 2017 | Comment

De-securitizing the Indus

India-Pakistan

April 2017 | Comment

Cross-LoC Interactions: Low Hanging Kashmir Fruit

Cricket

April 2017 | Comment

Honouring Younis and Misbah

Water

April 2017 | Comment

Scarcity, Institutions, Securitization: Our “Other” Water Issues

Reviews

Book

Theorizing an Anarchic Confrontation

January 2017 | Book

The India-Pakistan Conflict: An Enduring Rivalry

TV Paul ed
New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005

Book

Pakistan: Muddling Through, Crisis by Crisis

December 2016 | Book

The Future of Pakistan

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

Book

Sorry for the Normalcy. Hostilities will Continue

January 2017 | Book

Shooting for a Century: The India-Pakistan Conundrum

Stephen Cohen
Brookings Institution Press, 2013, Hardcover ISBN: 978081572186

Document

Sectarianism: Pakistan's other Terror Problem

January 2017 | Document

"As Good as Dead"

Amnesty International
21 December 2016

Photo Stories

Photo Source: The News

Parachinar Sit-in Crisis comes to an end

Photo Source: The News

Pakistan launches 'Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad'

Photo Source: The Express Tribune

One more Sufi Shrine under suicide attack

Photo Source: Daily Times

Tehmina Janjua to take over as the first Woman Foreign Secretary

Photo Source: The Express Tribune

Suicide Terror in Lahore claims more than ten

Photo Source: The Express Tribune

Aman 2017: Multinational Naval Exercise

Photo Source: The News

Pakistan Super League 2017

Photo Source: The Express Tribune

Disappeared, Found, Disappeared

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