Publications
Policy Brief: Monitoring Hate Speech on the Internet
Date: November 29, 2013
By Annum Sadiq 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...
Publications
Policy Brief- Performance and Prospects of Democracy in Pakistan: Political Scenarios Affecting the Elections 2013
Date: November 29, 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...
Publications
Policy Brief: Economic Policy and Management in Pakistan (2008 to 2013)
Date: November 29, 2013
By Safiya Aftab 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,...
Publications
Policy Brief: Promises and Policies – Reviewing Party Manifestos for the 2013 Elections
Date: November 29, 2013
By Ahmer Naqvi 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...
Opinion
Moment of Opportunity
by: Sherry Rehman and Amitabh Mattoo
Date: November 29, 2013
As co-chairs of the Chaophraya dialogue between opinion makers from India and Pakistan, we are encouraged by reports of resumption of the official dialogue between Islamabad and New Delhi, and...
Opinion
Time to Move on
by: Raza Rumi
Date: November 29, 2013
Why India's leadership needs to break with the past, reimagine Pakistan India-Pakistan relations are once again in the spotlight and for the usual reasons. The two states have perfected the...
Opinion
Can the Peace Process Move Past the Doha Collapse?
by: Syed Baqir Sajjad
Date: November 29, 2013
As the 12th year of the Afghan war draws to an impasse, there are signs of an abstract convergence about peace in the country, although many of the components of that...
Publications
Can the Peace Process Move Past the Doha Collapse?
Date: November 29, 2013
By Syed Baqir Sajjad As the 12th year of the Afghan war draws to an impasse, there are signs of an abstract convergence about peace in the country, although many of...
Opinion
Karzai in Pakistan – Tailoring Great Expectations
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: November 29, 2013
He flew into Pakistan from Kabul on Monday with a tightly scheduled ten-hour itinerary in hand, only to later announce his decision to extend his visit until Tuesday and lunch...
Opinion
Pakistan-India: What Next?
by: Salman Zaidi
Date: November 29, 2013
The peace process between India and Pakistan is often like a snakes and ladders trope. The recent flare-up across the Line of Control (LoC), with daily reports of cross border shelling...
