Opinion
CPEC 2.0: The Promise and the Peril
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: September 2, 2019
As Pakistan navigates changing power equations in the world, and the crisis in Kashmir, the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) stands out as the one possible silver lining for Pakistan....
Situation Kashmir
Date: August 15, 2019
On August 5, 2019, the second BJP led government of Narendra Modi annexed Jammu and Kashmir by abrogating Article 370 and bifurcating the state into two separate Union Territories. This...
Situationer
Kashmir on the Front Lines
by: Hassan Akbar
Date: August 5, 2019
What Has India Done? After days of troop surges, arrests, speculation and denials, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah introduced a presidential order and a bill in Parliament on August...
Opinion
The Path Forward
by: Zahid Hussain
Date: July 18, 2019
The headway made in the recent talks between India and Pakistan on the Kartarpur corridor marks a way forward towards normalization of relations between the two nations. The two sides...
Opinion
Budget 2020: Popular Misconceptions & Economic Reality
by: Saad Rajput
Date: June 25, 2019
Debates about Pakistan’s economic stewardship have become a core feature of public discourse since the PTI government assumed power last year. Two mini-budgets and the removal of a finance minister...
Policy Brief
Budget 2019-2020: Inequality and Public Policy
by: Safiya Aftab
Date: June 18, 2019
Inequality is believed to drive conflict and destabilize society, and thus indirectly retard economic growth. On a more fundamental level, though, inequality undermines the principles of social justice and preservation...
Opinion
Budget Blues
by: Hassan Akbar
Date: June 12, 2019
In what is being billed as Pakistan’s most austerity laden budget in decades, new taxation and fiscal retrenchment measures are set to herald a difficult era of economic contraction. The...
Opinion
At Modernity’s Door
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: June 11, 2019
Shortly before Eid, an android application for moon sighting was made available on Google Play. A calendar that can be accessed through Pakistan’s first official ‘moon-sighting’ website now indicates scientifically...
Who’s Afraid of Mr. Jinnah?
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: May 29, 2019
India’s election is over, and the BJP has won in a landslide that is nothing short of historic. The Opposition has been delivered a crushing defeat, turfed out of its...
Opinion
Saffron Sweep, Again
by: Hassan Akbar
Date: May 25, 2019
For the first time since Indira Gandhi, an incumbent prime minister has returned to Delhi with an even greater majority after completing a five year term. Narendra Modi, who was...
