Policy Brief
Not Losing Advantage over India’s Catch-22 on the Indus Treaty
by: Ahmad Rafay Alam
Date: October 17, 2017
India, Pakistan and the World Bank have reached an impasse over issues of the Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower power plants. Both countries met at Secretary level talks held in the...
Policy Brief
A Comparative Analysis of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill
by: Daanika Kamal
Date: January 18, 2017
Despite uncertainty and questions over implementation and investigation mechanisms, the Pakistan’s Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (2016) became operational just days after it was passed. The first case of cybercrime...
Policy Brief
Reforming the Tribal Areas of Pakistan
by: Saad Rasool
Date: August 31, 2016
The demand for extending democracy to the tribal areas of Pakistan is not a new one. Often conflated with terrorism and border-fragility in international news, the Tribal Areas of Pakistan...
Policy Brief
Accommodating Gender-Sensitive Micro Enterprises
by: Daanika Kamal
Date: April 30, 2016
The 2007 Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Policy defines SMEs as all enterprises that employ less than 250 people and make an annual sum of under 250 million rupees. However,...
Policy Brief
Working to Counter Terrorism: Prospects for Pakistan-India Intelligence & Security Cooperation
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: February 19, 2016
Pakistan and India share one of the most crisis- and risk-prone relationships in contemporary international politics. While the challenge posed to this relationship by the spectre of transnational terrorism is...
Policy Brief
Beyond Stabilization – Moving Towards a Growth Economy
by: Ali Khizar
Date: June 19, 2015
The growth trajectory of Pakistan’s economy has remained visibly low since 2008. Over the years, supply side bottlenecks owing to persistent energy shortages and inefficiencies within the sector have strained...
Policy Brief
Restructuring Pakistan’s Devolved Family Planning Services
by: Safieh Shah
Date: March 19, 2015
In 2014, Pakistan’s population was estimated at being over 188 million making it the world’s sixth-most populous country. Since the census in 1951, the population has quadrupled while the urban...
Policy Brief
Developing a Progressive Internet Policy for Pakistan
by: Jahanzaib Haque
Date: January 30, 2015
Increasing levels of internet use and accessibility have given rise to significant challenges across the world; Pakistan has not been an exception. However, the response to these challenges at the...
Policy Brief
Political Integration and Affirmative Legislation for Minorities in Pakistan
by: Peter Jacob
Date: December 24, 2014
The recent spate of violence against Pakistan’s religious minorities culminated in the dehumanizing murder of Shama and Shehzad – a Christian couple from Kot Radha Kishan. The couple were beaten...
Policy Brief
ISIS Eyes Influence in Pakistan – Focus, Fears & Future Prospects
by: Hassan Abbas
Date: December 23, 2014
The rapidly expanding militant force in Iraq and Syria known globally by its Arabic acronym Daesh (al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham) or in English ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq...
