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January 11 – 17, 2016

January 11: Three members of polio team held hostage in Layyah Three members of a polio team were held hostage when they tried to administer polio drops to the children...
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January 4 – 10, 2016

January 8: Schoolteachers injured in Charsadda attack Three schoolteachers sustained injuries when unidentified armed motorcyclists opened fire on them. The News
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JI President Sherry Rehman’s short byte on what 2016 could bring for India-Pakistan peace process

Will Delhi and Islamabad be able to agree on the various components of the Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue in 2016 and resume talks, or will they spend most of the year talking...
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Pakistan 2016 – Flashpoints

by:  Zara Haque

As Pakistan crosses into 2016, Jinnah Institute asked area experts to identify and highlight the most serious challenges facing the country that could potentially emerge as governance and security flashpoints...
Second Opinion

After COP21: Does Pakistan have a Climate Change Plan?

A landmark agreement at the U.N. Conference on Climate Change in Paris this December saw representatives of 195 nations pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions to a level that will...
Second Opinion

Resetting India-Pakistan Ties

In the wake of a renewed bout of diplomatic activity in India-Pakistan relations following a tense summer of stalemate, Jinnah Institute asked a select panel of policy experts from Pakistan...
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Asia’s Fragile Heart by JI President Sherry Rehman

by:  Sherry Rehman

The Heart of Asia conference brought the only good news in months to a Pakistan hunkering down to critical fights, yet still faced with a soft power deficit at home...
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December 7 – 13, 2015

December 13: 25 killed in Parachinar market bombing At least 25 people were killed and 62 injured when a device containing 35 kilograms of explosives ripped through a makeshift market...
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November 23 – 29, 2015

November 23: Man jailed for Facebook hate speech in Lahore An anti-terrorism court jailed a man for 13 years after he posted what was deemed to be sectarian hate speech...
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Keynote Address by the Prime Minister at JI’s Flood Conference

The following is the text from the Prime Minister's keynote address to participants at the Jinnah Institute's conference, "Pakistan at Risk" held on September 23rd 2010. Bismillah i Rahman i...