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January 6 – 12, 2014

January 6: School bombed in Bannu Unidentified persons blew up a Government Girls Primary School in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province by planting explosives at the site. However, no casualty was reported...
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Books to Remember from 2013

by:  Sherry Rehman

Apart from the staple of American foreign policy page-turners such as Confront and Conceal by David Sanger, Little America by Rajiv Chandrasakeran, and Vali Nasr’s incisive Dispensable Nation, for me...
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December 30 – January 5, 2014

December 30: Two killed outside Rawalpindi Imambargah Two police officials were gunned down while another policeman and a passerby were critically wounded at Dhok Syedan when four gunmen riding two...
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December 29, 2014 – January 4, 2015

December 30: Two schools torched in Kurram Militants set fire to two government-run schools in Kurram agency, leaving both buildings completely destroyed. Security officials in the area responding to the...
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In the Service of Pakistan: The Politics of Living Dangerously

by:  Sherry Rehman

Karachi – October 10,2013: Sherry Rehman, Executive President of Jinnah Institute and former Pakistan Ambassador to the US, said that the service of Pakistan is the principle lens through which she...
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Sherry Rehman chairs the National Knowledge Seminar organised by SFCG and SDPI

by:  Sherry Rehman

Islamabad – October 1, 2013: Representatives from major political parties, civil society organizations, media and international development institutions have called for upholding the rule of law, protecting the state’s writ, and...
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Article Alert: Hard Choices in Syria

As the Syrian crisis escalates, the leadership forced on America after the Second World War has once again taken it to the frontlines of what it sees as international obligation....
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Pakistan’s Sherry Rehman stands alone after colleagues’ assassinations

The Washington Post By Karin Brulliard, March 28 KARACHI— In the past three months, Sherry Rehman’s rambling, art-filled house in this southern city has become a self-imposed prison. The liberal lawmaker knows...
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“Local Governments are Vital to Disaster-Response and Must be Revived Soon” Stakeholders at JI Consultation

Islamabad, 16 September: Participants at a stakeholder dialogue organized by the Jinnah Institute (JI) highlighted critical deficits in coordination in inter-agency relief efforts. The participants identified many gaps in the...
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Sherry Rehman, JI Exec President attends workshop conducted by ISSI, Carnegie Institute

by:  Sherry Rehman

October 24, 2013 – Jinnah Institute Executive President, Sherry Rehman, talks on “Pakistan’s Strategic Choices and Changing Calculus” at a workshop conducted jointly by the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad and...