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?...
Publications
Second Opinion: New Battle Lines – Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency Beyond Zarb-E-Azb
Date: October 3, 2014
After a summer of airstrikes and ground offensives in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), the military operation against terrorist sanctuaries in North Waziristan has now entered its second trimester....
Opinion
Militant Hydra
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: September 19, 2014
For militants sharing the inhospitable Pakistan-Afghanistan border, winter is coming. Structural changes in the militant landscape have left terrorist game plans in a state of flux. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)...
Publications
Reviewing Indo-Pak Bilateral Relations: Quarterly Monitoring Brief April 2014 – June 2014
Date: September 11, 2014
This monitoring brief recaps significant developments in Indo-Pak relations between April 2014 and June 2014, including statements, visits, and policy initiatives. It is part of a series of monitoring briefs...
