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March 27, 2015
Date: March 27, 2015
A Friday rundown of Pakistan's top policy headlines on JI's radar this week Interest Rates Decline on the Back of Falling Inflation The State Bank on Monday decreased the...
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March 16 – 22, 2015
Date: March 22, 2015
March 17: Two polio workers killed in Mansehra Two lady health workers and a police constable were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire at a polio vaccination team on the...
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March 20, 2015
Date: March 20, 2015
A Friday rundown of Pakistan's top policy headlines on JI's radar this week Saudi Dilemma Half a dozen unofficial trips later, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made his first official visit...
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March 6, 2015
Date: March 20, 2015
A Friday rundown of Pakistan's top policy headlines on JI's radar this week A Leap for Indo-Pak Ties Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar's maiden visit to Islamabad this week has...
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March 9 – 15, 2015
Date: March 15, 2015
March 15: Two churches attacked in Lahore Fifteen people were killed and around 75 injured when two suicide bombers blew themselves up during prayers at two churches in Youhanabad, sparking...
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March 2 – 8, 2015
Date: March 8, 2015
March 4: Shia lawyer killed in Karachi A senior lawyer from the Shia community, who also served as counsel for various activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was shot...
Second Opinion
Gearing for a Reset – India-Pakistan Foreign Secretary Level Talks
Date: March 2, 2015
In the wake of a tense quarter for Indo-Pak relations and continuing violence on the Line of Control (LoC), the two Foreign Secretaries are finally set to meet this week...
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Shifting Gears in a Minefield by JI President Sherry Rehman
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: February 13, 2015
Turning points often get read as pathways to either ruin or glory. In Pakistan, where muddle-through often serves as policy, the power of overnight change has much cognitive impact. But...
Second Opinion
Obama’s India Visit – Assessing Outcomes
Date: January 25, 2015
By Fahd Humayun President Barack Obama’s two-day visit to India is being seen as the first real test for Washington and New Delhi – two capitals looking to elevate their...
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January 5 – 11, 2015
Date: January 11, 2015
January 6: Two Shia brothers shot dead in Karachi Two brothers were killed in a sectarian attack in the busy Gol Market in Nazimabad. Salman Shabbir, 22, was left dead after...
