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5 December 2022

Pakistan: The Controversial Census

Joel Jacob

Project Assistant, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS
5 December 2022

The Pashtuns: A Contested History

Tilak Devasher

Member, National Security Advisory Board (NSAB)
2 December 2022

The rise of Islamic banking in Pakistan

Ankit Singh

PhD Scholar, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS
17 November 2022

India's Pakistan Conundrum: Managing a complex relationship

Amb Sharat Sabharwal

Former High Commissioner to Pakistan
11 November 2022

Imran Khan's Assassination Attempt

Bhoomika Sesharaj

Research Intern, Pakistan Reader
4 March 2022

From conflict transition to an urban recourse; women in tribal areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Four takeaways

Ankit Singh

PhD Scholar, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS
11 February 2022

IMF Article IV consultation report with Pakistan

Ankit Singh

PhD Scholar, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS
4 February 2022

The Missing Baloch: Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan

Tejusvi Shukla

Postgraduate scholar, CHRIST (Deemed to be University).
28 January 2022

Provincial Outlook for Pakistan in 2022

PR Team

22 October 2021

Four factors hindering women’s growth in Pakistan’s legal community

Apoorva Sudhakar

Project Associate, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS
8 October 2021

Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan: A story of impunity, marginalisation and unaccountability

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Project Associate, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS
24 September 2021

Pakistan narrows focus on its IT sector

Vaishnavi Iyer

Research Intern, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS
3 September 2021

Pakistan's export profile, status, and challenges

Ankit Singh

Phd Scholar, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS
27 August 2021

Attacks on Chinese Investments in Pakistan

Juan May Joseph

Research Intern, NIAS
13 August 2021

Pakistan’s external debt: How sustainable is it?

Ankit Singh

PhD Scholar, NIAS
6 August 2021

Pakistan's Polio problem

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Project Associate at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS.
30 July 2021

Pakistan's Hydropower Sector: Contribution, Challenges and Prospects

Sneha M

Postgraduate scholar, CHRIST (Deemed to be University).
30 July 2021

Energy Beyond Explosions: Assessing Pakistan's Civil Nuclear Sector

Lokendra Sharma

PhD Scholar at NIAS.
30 July 2021

Pakistan's thermal energy doing more harm then good

Sarthak Jain

Postgraduate Scholar, Mysore University
30 July 2021

CPEC and Energy Optimisation in Pakistan

Lakshmi V Menon

PhD Scholar at Qatar University
23 July 2021

Pakistan’s IPP Crisis

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Project Assistant at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS.
23 July 2021

Looking beyond the Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline

Apoorva Sudhakar

Project Assistant at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS.
16 July 2021

“I am not Malala” narrative

Apoorva Sudhakar

Project Assistant at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS.
16 July 2021

Dialogue with Baloch dissidents

Rishabh Yadav

Independent Scholar. He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
26 June 2021

Pakistan's Provincial Politics: Sindh

Mr. Rana Banerji

19 June 2021

Pakistan's Provincial Politics: Balochistan

D Suba Chandran

21 May 2021

Pakistan and the Muslim World: Saudi Arabia

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

Postgraduate scholar, UMISARC, Pondicherry University. He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
21 May 2021

Pakistan and the Muslim World: Turkey

Vishnu Prasad

Postgraduate scholar, MA in International Studies from Christ University, Bengaluru. He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
21 May 2021

Pakistan and the Muslim World: OIC

Rishabh Yadav

Independent Scholar. He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
21 May 2021

Pakistan and the Muslim World: Israel and Palestine

Rakesh Roshan

Currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
21 May 2021

Pakistan and the Muslim World: Southeast Asia

Sneha M

Postgraduate scholar, CHRIST (Deemed to be University). She is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
30 April 2021

Censorship in Pakistan: A case study of TikTok

Sneha M

Postgraduate scholar, CHRIST (Deemed to be University). She is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
30 April 2021

Jahangir Tareen vs Imran Khan: “Friends turn Foes”

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

Postgraduate scholar, UMISARC, Pondicherry University. He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
9 April 2021

Automobile Industry in Pakistan

B Nireekshan

Postgraduate scholar, CHRIST (Deemed to be University). He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
9 April 2021

Gender Inequality in Pakistan

Vishnu Prasad

Postgraduate scholar, CHRIST (Deemed to be University). He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
9 April 2021

Sugar Industry in Pakistan

Rishabh Yadav

Independent Scholar. He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
9 April 2021

Film Industry in Pakistan

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

Postgraduate scholar, UMISARC, Pondicherry University. He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
26 March 2021

Profile of the Pakistan National Alliance

 Apoorva Sudhakar

Project Assistant at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS.
26 March 2021

Movement for Restoration of Democracy(1981-1984)

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

Postgraduate scholar, UMISARC, Pondicherry University. He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
26 March 2021

The alliances against Musharraf-1999-2008

Vishnu Prasad

Postgraduate scholar, CHRIST (Deemed to be University). He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
26 March 2021

Qadri- Imran Alliance

Rishabh Yadav

Independent scholar. He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
15 March 2021

Senate elections in Pakistan: Political parties lose, establishment wins

Rishabh Yadav

Independent Scholar. He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
15 March 2021

Pakistan: From strength to strength, the 'Aurat March' marches on

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Project Assistant at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS.
1 March 2021

Pakistan's interests in Afghanistan

Farzia Yashmeen Chaliha

Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Jagannath Barooah College, Dibrugarh University, Assam. She is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
1 March 2021

Anti-IMF sentiment in Pakistan

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

Postgraduate scholar, UMISARC, Pondicherry University. He is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
1 March 2021

The Dramatic Episode of NA-75 Sialkot By-Election

Sneha M

Postgraduate scholar, CHRIST (Deemed to be University). She is currently enrolled with the NIAS certificate course on Contemporary Pakistan.
29 January 2021

How the Establishment controls the institutions, people and Pakistan's destiny

Mr Rana Banerji

28 December 2020

Pakistan in 2020 Internal Politics, External Issues and the Rise of PDM
5 December 2020

PR Review Discussion
Pakistan's Space Programme Brief History, Commerical and Military Satellites, Public and Private Sectors
5 December 2020

PR Review Discussion
Gilgit-Baltistan Elections 2020 Brief History, Major Issues, Results & Aftermath
27 November 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Pakistan's approach to the West Problems and implications: as Pakistan rallies around for Muslims of the world it risks its ties with the West By Aproorva Sudhakar
27 November 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Rizvi and his legacy of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan: Five things you need to know By Abigail Miriam Fernandez
27 November 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Pakistan-Israel: Issue of Recognition By B Nireekshan
20 November 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
History of elections in Gilgit- Baltistan by Rishabh Yadav
20 November 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Major Issues post elections in Gilgit- Balitistan by Nishant Agarwal
20 November 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Election profile of Gilgit-Baltistan 2020 by Vishnu Prasad
13 November 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Profile of Violence in Gwadar by Ruchita Singh
6 November 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Profile of Violence in Peshawar by Abhiruchi Chowdhury
6 November 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Changes in the Taliban's Afghan strategy by Sohrab Jasour
31 October 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
A profile of Violence in Quetta by Muhmina Mumthaz Jahan
31 October 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
A profile of Violence in Tribal Areas by Rishabh Yadav
28 October 2020

Bleeding Balochistan through CPEC: The Sino-Pak Nexus in Action

Draft report prepared by Mr Shishir Rao

Discussants: Dr Shalini Chawla, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi Mr Anand Arni, Distinguished Fellow, Takshashila Institution, Bangalore
23 October 2020

Contemporary Gilgit-Baltistan
The working report titled "Contemporary Gilgit-Baltistan" is a compilation of commentaries written by scholars enrolled in the NIAS Certificate Course on Contemporary Pakistan. It is a part of the academic initiative "Pakistan Reader within the Conflict Resolution and Peace Research (CRPR) Programme at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) in Bangalore. The course aims to study contemporary Pakistan with a comprehensive and regular focus, build a team of young scholars within India, and create a network of global scholars across the world.
16 October 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Single National Curriculum (SNC) of Pakistan- An Overview by Muhmina Mumthaz Jahan
16 October 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Violence in Karachi: A brief profile by Apoorva Sudhakar
16 October 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Chinese Interests in Gilgit-Baltistan Pre and Post CPEC by Nishant Agarwal
16 October 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Pakistan rushes to meet the FATF requirements, but will it be enough to get them off the ‘grey list’? by Abigail Miriam Fernandez
16 October 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Economic Facet of CPEC Projects in Gilgit Baltistan by Vishal Rajput
9 October 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
What Pakistan wants to do with Gilgit Baltistan? by Dr. Farzia Yashmeen Chaliha
5 October 2020

The Barelvi-Deobandi Schism: How Pakistan's internal extremism led to a global threat

Apoorva Sudhakar

Apoorva Sudhakar is a research assistant at the "Pakistan Reader", at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. She is a part of the Editorial team that publishes "PR Evening Brief", a daily e-alert on Pakistan. Her research focus includes issues relating to the environment, gender, minorities and ethnic movements.
5 October 2020

An Aggressive Nawaz Sharif and an even more aggressive State sets the stage for confrontational politics

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Abigail Miriam Fernandez is a research assistant at the "Pakistan Reader", at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. She is a part of the Editorial team that publishes "PR Evening Brief", a daily e-alert on Pakistan. Her research focus includes issues relating to gender, minorities and ethnic movements. She is also a Teaching Assistant to the NIAS Certificate Course on Contemporary Pakistan.
3 October 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
Sectarian Nature of Violence in Gligit- Baltistan by Hasna Shaikh
3 October 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
5 Reasons Why People of Gilgit-Baltistan favors Provincial status by Sneha M
3 October 2020

Friday In-House Discussion
The Diamer-Bhasha dam- Its effect on the indigenous population of Gilgit-Baltistan by Vishnu Prasad
9 September 2020

Covid-19 and Pakistan’s Remittances From The middle east

Lakshmi V Menon

Lakshmi V Menon is a Research Consultant at the "Pakistan Reader", at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. She is a part of the Editorial team that publishes "PR Evening Brief", a daily e-alert on Pakistan. Her research focus includes issues relating to Foreign policy with an emphasis on Pakistan’s interactions with the Middle East; Balochistan; Center-Province relations; Conflict; and Human rights violations in Pakistan. She has also worked on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor and the Pakistan Elections 2019. She is also an associate editor of Pakistan Evening Brief.
2 September 2020

The Gender Question: Women in Pakistan have broken the glass ceiling. But, the social walls stand strong

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Abigail Miriam Fernandez is a research assistant at the "Pakistan Reader", at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. She is a part of the Editorial team that publishes "PR Evening Brief", a daily e-alert on Pakistan. Her research focus includes issues relating to gender, minorities and ethnic movements. She is also a Teaching Assistant to the NIAS Certificate Course on Contemporary Pakistan
2 September 2020

Pakistan's 'Ertugal' Mania

Lakshmi V Menon

Lakshmi V Menon is a Research Consultant at the "Pakistan Reader", at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. She is a part of the Editorial team that publishes "PR Evening Brief", a daily e-alert on Pakistan. Her research focus includes issues relating to Foreign policy with an emphasis on Pakistan’s interactions with the Middle East; Balochistan; Center-Province relations; Conflict; and Human rights violations in Pakistan. She has also worked on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor and the Pakistan Elections 2019. She is also an associate editor of Pakistan Evening Brief.
26 August 2020

Status Report of Pakistan's Space Programme

Harini Madhusudan

Harini Madhusudan is a PhD Scholar at NIAS
26 August 2020

The Locust Problem in Pakistan: The first two waves were bad. The third one will be worse

Rashmi B R

Rashmi BR is a PhD scholar with the Science Diplomacy Programme, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS. Her research interests include environment and climate change, the geopolitics of the Arctic region, maritime security and governance of maritime domain and India’s foreign policy.
26 August 2020

CPEC: A profile of Gwadar

Sukanya Bali

Sukanya Bali is a Research Associate at NIAS
26 August 2020

The Polio Crisis in Pakistan Africa is Polio free. But, in Asia, it exists in Pakistan. Five reasons why

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Abigail Miriam Fernandez is a research assistant at the "Pakistan Reader", at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. She is a part of the Editorial team that publishes "PR Evening Brief", a daily e-alert on Pakistan. Her research focus includes issues relating to gender, minorities and ethnic movements. She is also a Teaching Assistant to the NIAS Certificate Course on Contemporary Pakistan.
19 August 2020

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
12 August 2020

Balochistan and CPEC
6 August 2020

Pakistan and Nuclear Security: A Review of the NTI Index 2020

Dr N Ramamoorthy

24 July 2020

Contemporary Balochistan, post Akbar Bugti

Draft presentation by D. Suba Chandran, Lakshmi V Menon & Abigail Miriam Fernandez

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