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...
Special Feature
Policy Interventions 2015
Date: January 5, 2015
As Pakistan weathers the impact of multiple transitions in 2015, Jinnah Institute asked thought leaders and policymakers at the close of the year to suggest the most urgent policy interventions...
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December 22 – 28, 2014
Date: December 28, 2014
December 22: Trader shot dead in Karachi sectarian attack A trader was killed and two others left wounded in a target-killing attack in Karachi. The victims, Syed Aun Naqvi, Syed Mutahir...
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December 15 – 21, 2014
Date: December 21, 2014
December 15: NGO-run school bombed in Charsadda The building of a private school run by a non-government organisation was blown up in Kang by unknown militants. The perpetrators had planted...
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December 8 – 14, 2014
Date: December 14, 2014
December 9: Polio vaccine worker shot dead in Faisalabad A school teacher was shot dead while working on a polio vaccination campaign in Faisalabad. 48-year-old school teacher Sarfraz Ahmad, a...
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December 1 – 7, 2014
Date: December 7, 2014
December 3: ASWJ activist killed in Karachi The dead body of a missing activist of the banned extremist group, Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, was found in a morgue in the...
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November 24 – 30, 2014
Date: November 30, 2014
November 24: Polio worker injured in Charsadda Two polio vaccine providers were left injured after unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on them in Charsadda. The two victims, Sajid and Asifullah, were...
