Publications
Prospects for detente
Date: April 11, 2018
The Foreign Minister’s decision to criticize the National Security Advisor for meeting the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan in Islamabad last week was unfortunate and poorly timed. It was unfortunate because...
Afghanistan Essays
The Afghanistan Essays | Pak-Afghan Trade Relations: Looking Ahead
Date: March 19, 2018
This 2018 short-essay series by the Jinnah Institute (JI) reflects a range of Pakistani thought leadership on Afghanistan and it’s complex history with Islamabad. With the region in the current...
Opinion
Women Were Never Silent
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: March 8, 2018
Every country’s story is incomplete without its women’s voices. Pakistan is no different. On International Women’s Day we should always take stock of the good, the bad, and of course...
Publications
In Her Own Words
Date: March 8, 2018
"In her own words," a collection of essays on the raging issues on women's rights in Pakistan. Please find the full text of the PDF here.
Afghanistan Essays
The Afghanistan Essays | Conflict in Afghanistan: Behind the Pak-US Disconnect
Date: February 19, 2018
This 2018 short-essay series by the Jinnah Institute (JI) reflects a range of Pakistani thought leadership on Afghanistan and it’s complex history with Islamabad. With the region in the current...
Afghanistan Essays
The Afghanistan Essays | Enemy at the Gates: The TTP in Afghanistan
Date: January 30, 2018
This 2018 short-essay series by the Jinnah Institute (JI) reflects a range of Pakistani thought leadership on Afghanistan and it’s complex history with Islamabad. With the region in the current...
Opinion
Indus Water Treaty: Don’t Lose the Game
by: Ahmad Rafay Alam
Date: January 25, 2018
India and Pakistan have reached an impasse over issues of the Kishenganga and Ratle power plants. Their last meeting in the “good offices” of the World Bank last August and...
Afghanistan Essays
The Afghanistan Essays | From the Trenches to the Table: Waging Peace in Afghanistan
Date: January 23, 2018
This 2018 short-essay series by the Jinnah Institute (JI) reflects a range of Pakistani thought leadership on Afghanistan and it’s complex history with Islamabad. With the region in the current...
Afghanistan Essays
The Afghanistan Essays | The Haqqani Question
Date: January 18, 2018
This 2018 short-essay series by the Jinnah Institute (JI) reflects a range of Pakistani thought leadership on Afghanistan and it’s complex history with Islamabad. With the region in the current...
Opinion
Say No to Sexual Abuse
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: January 16, 2018
As the news cycle inevitably shifts to politics, violent extremism, the national debt, we all know that little Zainab’s story will fade away into a niche issue until the next...