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...
Publications
Policy Brief: Prioritizing Education Response for Internally Displaced Children in Pakistan
by: Madeeha Ansari
Date: September 3, 2014
As of August 2014, there were over 1 million registered Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and unknown numbers of unregistered IDPs living in Pakistan....
Policy Brief
Prioritizing Education Response for Internally Displaced Children in Pakistan
by: Madeeha Ansari
Date: September 3, 2014
As of August 2014, there were over 1 million registered Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and unknown numbers of unregistered IDPs living in Pakistan....
Opinion
What about the IDPs?
by: Asad Hashim
Date: August 27, 2014
You would think automatic gunfire in a crowd of thousands would herald more of a reaction. As the shots rang out, though, the majority of the thousands of internally displaced...
Annual Report (2013-2014)
Date: August 21, 2014
The goal of the Open Democracy Initiative is to bridge the gap between citizens and state and to articulate policy responses based on inclusive research. By pursuing these goals, Jinnah...
