Publications
Policy Brief | Terrorism in the Age of New Media
Date: June 20, 2018
In an age of connectivity and increasingly porous national borders, threats to global security transcend limitations imposed by geography and conventional application of force. The realm of new media provides...
Opinion
How to Fix the Economy
by: Ehsan Malik
Date: June 14, 2018
The biggest challenge for an incoming government two months from now will be how to stabilise the economy. Foreign exchange cover, currently representing two months of imports, would have been...
Opinion
Who to Listen to on the Indus Treaty?
by: Ahmad Rafay Alam
Date: June 7, 2018
The World Bank earlier this week requested Pakistan to accept India’s referral to a Neutral Expert questions involving the design of the Kishanganga and Ratle dams. This is the latest twist...
Opinion
A Legacy of Deficits
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: May 21, 2018
The odds that the PML-N was going to be remembered for having contributed meaningfully to Pakistan’s foreign policy and reputation-building abroad were never high to begin with. But Nawaz Sharif’s...
Opinion
Muzzling the Press
by: Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari
Date: May 10, 2018
Pakistan, as a democracy - albeit a faltering stumbling, tossing one – should allow the airing of public opinion. In fact it ought to do more than just allow it....
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...
