Opinion
Bad Choices
by: Hassan Akbar
Date: May 22, 2017
President Trump is finally set to address his country’s longest running war with a ‘new’ policy for Afghanistan. With a troop increase in the mix and a visibly more muscular...
Opinion
How not to talk with India
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: May 6, 2017
Talking to India is just as important as how not to talk. Starting from the premise that constructive dialogue is the first step towards untangling a history of vexed relations...
Opinion
Silencing Kashmir
by: Meera Nadeem
Date: May 4, 2017
India’s blanket ban on 22 social media websites in Jammu and Kashmir has brought to fore the agency of social media in the latest struggle for rights in the disputed...
Opinion
The Rise of Vigilantism
by: Daanika Kamal
Date: April 27, 2017
Ten days and three acts of vigilantism – the murder of Mashal Khan in Mardan, three burqa clad sisters gunning down a man accused of blasphemy in Sialkot, and Shehbaz...
Opinion
From Moscow, with love
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: February 11, 2017
As Islamabad grapples with the uncertainties of a new Trump administration, a recent timeline of Russian advances to Pakistan is not inconsequential. In 2016 both sides reaching a price accord...
Publications
Indo-Pak 2017: Past the Red Noise
Date: January 27, 2017
Early in the New Year, Jinnah Institute asked a panel of five senior foreign policy experts to outline their expectations from the India-Pakistan relationship in 2017, and to signpost what...
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...
Opinion
Curtain to the East
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: January 12, 2017
If there is to be a regional policy takeaway from 2016, it is that New Delhi’s apathy for a rapprochement with Islamabad has only served to veer the bilateral relationship...
Opinion
Smoke and Mirrors
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: December 22, 2016
As Pakistan looks to draw a line under 2016, the scar tissue from this year’s security miscarriages is unlikely to heal overnight. The success of Islamabad’s national security turnarounds, old...
Opinion
Moving out of Foggy Bottom
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: November 6, 2016
As Hillary Clinton moves into the Oval, the question in Islamabad is whether a fresh administration will bring with it the promise of a Pak-US reset. Given the PML-N’s growing incapacity at...
