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...
Policy Brief
Reimagining Human Rights in Pakistan
by: Asad Jamal
Date: November 12, 2014
A rising graph of extremism in Pakistan has triggered alarm on the plummeting standards of human rights protections and entitlements across the country. The recent burning of a Christian couple...
Policy Brief
Prioritizing Education Response for Internally Displaced Children in Pakistan
by: Madeeha Ansari
Date: September 3, 2014
As of August 2014, there were over 1 million registered Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and unknown numbers of unregistered IDPs living in Pakistan....
Policy Brief
Promises and Policies – Reviewing Party Manifestos for the 2013 Elections
by: Ahmer Naqvi
Date: May 9, 2013
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 the previous elections...
Policy Brief
Economic Policy and Management in Pakistan (2008 to 2013)
by: Safiya Aftab
Date: April 23, 2013
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, as one person...
Policy Brief
Performance and Prospects of Democracy in Pakistan: Political Scenarios Affecting the Elections 2013
Date: April 1, 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...
