Trump Administration 2.0: What to Expect in South Asia?
by Jinnah Institute
Date: November 15, 2024
Jinnah Institute hosted a policy roundtable on 7th November, 2024, titled ‘Trump Administration 2.0: What to Expect in South Asia?’ in response to the US election outcome the previous day....
POLICY BRIEF
Climate Brief 2022: Navigating Pakistan’s Climate Crisis
by Salman Zaidi, Meera Nadeem, Abdulla Wasti & Zahaid Rehman
Date: March 22, 2022
Introduction Existential challenges require concerted action, consensus and policy clarity. So far, on climate stress, Pakistan seems to be (more…)
POLICY BRIEF
South Asia in Transition: Finding Stability in the Third Nuclear Age
by Sitara Noor
Date: June 11, 2021
Introduction The month of May marked 23 years since Pakistan and India tested their atomic bombs and gatecrashed (more…)
POLICY BRIEF
Caught in the Crossfire: The Dilemma of Fisherfolk Prisoners
by Abdulla Wasti, Meera Nadeem and Zahaid Rehman
Date: March 26, 2021
The arrest of fisherfolk of India and Pakistan on the maritime border between the two countries (more…)
Policy Brief
Reaping a Poor Harvest: Food Security in a Pandemic
by Fauzia Yazdani & Shirin Gul
Date: March 17, 2021
Among other disruptions taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic was the periodic shortage of food staples in Pakistan over 2020. (more…)
Policy Brief
Asia’s Rise to Economic Prominence: Stakes for South Asia
by Saad Rajput
Date: January 22, 2021
Asia’s Resurgence Longer term analyses of globalisation demonstrate how historical supply chains have sustained across regions, (more…)
Policy Brief
Confronting Pakistan’s Climate Reality: Shifting Paradigms
by Hassaan Sipra
Date: November 30, 2020
Executive Summary Pakistan’s high vulnerability to climate change necessitates an urgent response. (more…)
Policy Brief
Broadening Pakistan’s Search for Geopolitical Stability in a Contested Neighborhood
by Fahd Humayun
Date: September 30, 2020
As tensions both in and around South Asia rise, this policy brief maps the most salient geopolitical stressors that require Islamabad’s attention as Pakistan looks to rebuild and repair a...
Policy Brief
Tackling Climate Change During a Pandemic
by Shafqat Kakakhel
Date: August 24, 2020
Introduction The lockdowns prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic have caused massive disruptions in economic and commercial activities all over the world. (more…)
Policy Brief
Leave No One Behind: Including Women in the Afghan Transition
by Ammara Durrani
Date: June 11, 2020
“Some members of the Taliban delegation were looking at me. A few were taking notes. Some others were just looking elsewhere…Since our side had women delegates, I suggested to them...
Policy Brief
Farthest Field: Women and COVID-19
by Farzana Bari, Sara Malkani
Date: June 1, 2020
Gender and COVID-19 by Dr. Farzana Bari Heralded as the greatest equaliser of our times, the coronavirus pandemic was expected to blur boundaries of class, race, and gender, and become...
Policy Brief
Social Protection and COVID-19
by Safiya Aftab
Date: May 5, 2020
Introduction As of end April 2020, Pakistan has more than 16,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and over 350 deaths.[i] As this human tragedy unfolds, more material concerns are also being...
Policy Brief
Love in the Time of Corona: A Time to Build South Asian Cooperation
by Nazish Afraz
Date: April 29, 2020
“Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and...
Policy Brief
Parliament and the Pandemic
by Sherry Rehman
Date: April 20, 2020
Introduction Parliament’s role in managing, scrutinizing and leading Pakistan’s fight against COVID-19 and its potential dangers is critical to coherent outcomes. With the situation in Pakistan still at a stage...
Policy Brief
India, Pakistan and the Pandemic: Community of Shared Future?
by Haroon Sharif
Date: March 31, 2020
India, Pakistan and the Pandemic: Community of Shared Future? Abstract Crises are often the crucible for old challenges to be addressed in new ways. The COVID-19 pandemic may just force...
Policy Brief
Integrating Transgender Persons: Towards Inclusive Policymaking
by Mariam Ali Bokhari & Muhammad Amir Khan
Date: October 28, 2019
Giving transgender persons a fuller measure of their citizenship rights in Pakistan has been a staple objective of political party manifestos since the last three elections. Several legislative and policy...
Policy Brief
Budget 2019-2020: Inequality and Public Policy
by Safiya Aftab
Date: June 18, 2019
Inequality is believed to drive conflict and destabilize society, and thus indirectly retard economic growth. On a more fundamental level, though, inequality undermines the principles of social justice and preservation...
Policy Brief
War to Lawfare – Spotlighting the India-Pakistan Conflict
by Professor Sikander Ahmed Shah and Professor Uzair J. Kayani
Date: May 6, 2019
Lawfare, or the use of legal fora and devices for military and diplomatic advantage, has become a critical component of South Asia’s dynamic conflict landscape. In the context of the...
Policy Brief
A Constitutional History of Water in Pakistan
by Ahmad Rafay Alam
Date: January 7, 2019
What exactly is water law? The answer is elusive. Water itself is fascinating. It adopts the shape of the vessel it occupies. Different vessels, different shapes. And for each shape,...
Policy Brief
Terrorism in the Age of New Media
by Meera Nadeem
Date: June 20, 2018
In an age of connectivity and increasingly porous national borders, threats to global security transcend limitations imposed by geography and conventional application of force. The realm of new media provides...
Policy Brief
Not Losing Advantage over India’s Catch-22 on the Indus Treaty
by Ahmad Rafay Alam
Date: October 17, 2017
India, Pakistan and the World Bank have reached an impasse over issues of the Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower power plants. Both countries met at Secretary level talks held in the...
Policy Brief
A Comparative Analysis of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill
by Daanika Kamal
Date: January 18, 2017
Despite uncertainty and questions over implementation and investigation mechanisms, the Pakistan’s Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (2016) became operational just days after it was passed. The first case of cybercrime...
Policy Brief
Reforming the Tribal Areas of Pakistan
by Saad Rasool
Date: August 31, 2016
The demand for extending democracy to the tribal areas of Pakistan is not a new one. Often conflated with terrorism and border-fragility in international news, the Tribal Areas of Pakistan...
Policy Brief
Accommodating Gender-Sensitive Micro Enterprises
by Daanika Kamal
Date: April 30, 2016
The 2007 Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Policy defines SMEs as all enterprises that employ less than 250 people and make an annual sum of under 250 million rupees. However,...
Policy Brief
Working to Counter Terrorism: Prospects for Pakistan-India Intelligence & Security Cooperation
by Fahd Humayun
Date: February 19, 2016
Pakistan and India share one of the most crisis- and risk-prone relationships in contemporary international politics. While the challenge posed to this relationship by the spectre of transnational terrorism is...
Policy Brief
Beyond Stabilization – Moving Towards a Growth Economy
by Ali Khizar
Date: June 19, 2015
The growth trajectory of Pakistan’s economy has remained visibly low since 2008. Over the years, supply side bottlenecks owing to persistent energy shortages and inefficiencies within the sector have strained...
Policy Brief
Restructuring Pakistan’s Devolved Family Planning Services
by Safieh Shah
Date: March 19, 2015
In 2014, Pakistan’s population was estimated at being over 188 million making it the world’s sixth-most populous country. Since the census in 1951, the population has quadrupled while the urban...
Policy Brief
Developing a Progressive Internet Policy for Pakistan
by Jahanzaib Haque
Date: January 30, 2015
Increasing levels of internet use and accessibility have given rise to significant challenges across the world; Pakistan has not been an exception. However, the response to these challenges at the...
Policy Brief
Political Integration and Affirmative Legislation for Minorities in Pakistan
by Peter Jacob
Date: December 24, 2014
The recent spate of violence against Pakistan’s religious minorities culminated in the dehumanizing murder of Shama and Shehzad – a Christian couple from Kot Radha Kishan. The couple were beaten...
Policy Brief
ISIS Eyes Influence in Pakistan – Focus, Fears & Future Prospects
by Hassan Abbas
Date: December 23, 2014
The rapidly expanding militant force in Iraq and Syria known globally by its Arabic acronym Daesh (al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham) or in English ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq...
Policy Brief
Reimagining Human Rights in Pakistan
by Asad Jamal
Date: November 12, 2014
A rising graph of extremism in Pakistan has triggered alarm on the plummeting standards of human rights protections and entitlements across the country. The recent burning of a Christian couple...
Policy Brief
Prioritizing Education Response for Internally Displaced Children in Pakistan
by Madeeha Ansari
Date: September 3, 2014
As of August 2014, there were over 1 million registered Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and unknown numbers of unregistered IDPs living in Pakistan....
Policy Brief
Promises and Policies – Reviewing Party Manifestos for the 2013 Elections
by Ahmer Naqvi
Date: May 9, 2013
2013 promises to be a historic year for democracy in Pakistan, as the country marks its first democratic transition between civilian governments in its 66-year history. Unlike the previous elections...
Policy Brief
Economic Policy and Management in Pakistan (2008 to 2013)
by Safiya Aftab
Date: April 23, 2013
In the five years of the previous government’s tenure, the country has seen five Finance Ministers (FM), four Finance Secretaries (who have had six tenures among them, as one person...
Policy Brief
Performance and Prospects of Democracy in Pakistan: Political Scenarios Affecting the Elections 2013
Date: April 1, 2013
It is for the first time in Pakistan’s history that an elected government is completing its term (2008-2013). The Pakistan Peoples Party-led coalition was jolted on several occasions, but it...
Policy Brief
Grant of MFN Status to India: Possible Impacts
by Safiya Aftab
Date: March 15, 2013
According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), in FY2010, the value of Pakistan’s exports to India was $260 million, and the value of imports from India was $1061 million....
Policy Brief
Monitoring Hate Speech on the Internet
by Annum Sadiq
Date: November 15, 2012
The internet is the world’s largest ungoverned space, where users access information, exchange views and undertake collective action. At least 20 million Pakistanis are online, following a boom in the...
Policy Brief
Another Approach to Madrassa Reforms in Pakistan
by Syed Mohammad Ali
Date: October 22, 2012
The rise of extremism and intolerance in Pakistan over the decades, not just in the militant periphery but in mainstream society too, has been promoted by a number of factors....
Policy Brief
Fiscal Planning, Eighteenth Amendment and The Upcoming Budget
by Hina Shaikh
Date: May 25, 2012
It is that time of the year again, when the Pakistan secretariat becomes the epicenter of budget activity. Each year the budget exercise follows a pre-set routine that is not...
Policy Brief
The Continuing Biases in Our Textbooks
by Zubeida Mustafa
Date: April 30, 2012
For decades the textbooks used in Pakistan's educational institutions, especially the ones used in the public sector, have drawn serious criticism from experts and concerned citizens. Besides being shoddily produced,...
Policy Brief
Population in Pakistan: Holding the seams together
by Madeeha Ansari
Date: October 1, 2011
In this Issue: The pressures and potential of a burgeoning population and recommendations to avert future crises. The “population bomb” is no longer a leading cause for concern in the...
Policy Brief
Electoral Reform and Women’s Political Participation
by Sabina Ansari
Date: August 8, 2011
Overview Pakistan is in urgent need of electoral reform. Currently, there are a number of pressing domestic issues that are seemingly of higher priority for national and international stakeholders, such...
Publications
The Uncertain Future of US Aid to Pakistan
by Syed Mohammad Ali
Date: August 3, 2011
As tensions between Pakistan and the US continue to fester, and as the US itself teeters on the verge of bankruptcy due to its staggering debt crisis, the future of...
Policy Brief
Pakistan, the United States and the End Game in Afghanistan: Perceptions of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Elite
Date: July 25, 2011
As the so-called “end game” in Afghanistan approaches, the momentum is growing to find an amicable solution to the conflict. The U.S. and other troop contributing countries are committed to...
Eroding the vote banks: IDPs in Karachi
Date: May 31, 2011
In September 2010, the Jinnah Institute carried out a series of focus groups with flood victims living in Karachi’s relief camps. The focus of the study was to assess the...
Policy Brief
India Pakistan Relations: The Way Forward
Date: April 8, 2011
The resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan in 2011 has revived the hope that the two countries would make a renewed effort to resolve their bilateral problems. The dialogue...
Policy Brief
Women in the Media
by Sabina Ansari
Date: April 7, 2011
This policy brief examines the current representation of women in Pakistan`s national media landscape, which includes the status of women in the media industry, the portrayal of women in mainstream...
Policy Brief
Pakistan’s Eight Great Education Debates
by Sehar Tariq
Date: April 1, 2011
Pakistan’s education sector confronts a number of serious policy challenges. Jinnah Institute’s Paper “Pakistan’s Eight Great Education Debates” analyzes critical policy debates confronting the education sector and proposes policy solutions...
Policy Brief
Gender Sensitization for Conflict Management and Resolution
by Sehar Tariq
Date: March 11, 2011
An analysis of the impact of ongoing conflicts and law and order disturbances on Pakistani women; their systematic exclusion from peace building and policy recommendations for a more gender sensitive...
Policy Brief
Making Sense of Violence in Balochistan 2010
by Salman Zaidi
Date: December 31, 2010
Balochistan has experienced a clear upsurge in violence over the last year, with changing trends in terms of attacks as well as targets. Making sense of this conflict requires parsing...
Policy Brief
Stability in the Nuclear Context: Making South Asians Safe
by Moeed Yusuf
Date: November 25, 2010
South Asia Advisor to the US Institute of Peace Moeed Yusuf authors this month’s Policy Brief on Nuclear Security, and outlines a plan for working towards strategic stability in the...
Policy Brief
That Colorless Life: Attacking Shrines and the ‘other’ Islam
by Erum Haider
Date: September 4, 2010
In July 2010, militants attacked the revered Sufi shrine of Data Ganj Bakhsh in Lahore, claiming 41 lives and injuring over 170 people. On October 7th, two suicide bombers attacked...
Policy Brief
The Mumbai Trial and Related Legal Issues
by Ahmer Bilal Soofi
Date: May 3, 2010
Two years after the November 26th attacks in Mumbai, the trial of the accused mastermind of the attacks continues in Pakistan. As with any trial, the outcome will not be...
Policy Brief
Stumbling on the “Af-Pak” Border
by Mosharraf Zaidi
Date: April 30, 2010
NATO helicopters engaged and killed two Pakistani soldiers on September 30th. In response, Pakistan closed the Torkham border crossing, blocking NATO’s access to a vital supply line for its operations...
