Opinion
Not out of the Woods, Yet
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: December 25, 2014
Days after the US-Pakistan Defence Consultative Group’s meeting last month, Congress quietly green-signaled the National Defence Authorisation Act 2015. The new bill includes an extension of the Coalition Support Fund (CSF)...
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...
Publications
Policy Brief: ISIS Eyes Influence in Pakistan – Focus, Fears & Future Prospects
Date: December 23, 2014
By Hassan Abbas 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...
Publications
Policy Brief: ISIS Eyes Influence in Pakistan – Focus, Fears & Future Prospects
Date: December 23, 2014
By Hassan Abbas 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...
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...
Opinion
Childhood Under Attack
by: Madeeha Ansari
Date: December 19, 2014
For a while, the silence following Zarb-e-Azb had been unnerving. Then,the apparent success in quelling terror began to be taken for granted, and national attention was diverted to dharnas and...
Opinion
Polio: A Policy Predicament
by: Palvashay Sethi
Date: December 8, 2014
The government's response to Pakistan’s impending polio crisis has been near negligible and characterised by apathy. The Pakistani public and children are especially at risk as the government seems unable...
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...
Publications
LoC in Crisis
Date: October 15, 2014
Design by Mona Khan *The figures quoted above have been collected from local and international newspapers. The number of ceasefire violations may vary across sources. Why is this time different?...
Publications
LoC in Crisis
Date: October 15, 2014
Design by Mona Khan *The figures quoted above have been collected from local and international newspapers. The number of ceasefire violations may vary across sources. Why is this time different?...
