Opinion
India-Pakistan trade relations: Current and Potential
by: Rohit Kumar
Date: January 3, 2014
In recent years, efforts towards promoting peace in South Asia have pivoted around the idea of improving trade relations as the best bet in forging a lasting relationship between...
Opinion
Helping Pakistan’s Rural Women Help Themselves
by: Bina Shah
Date: December 12, 2013
Pakistan’s rural women are slowly enacting change in their lives. Women perform a significant amount of labor in the fields, but that they still struggle to be recognized as equal...
Opinion
Papering Over Faultlines – The Fall Out of the Peshawar Church Bombing
by: Anthony Permal
Date: December 2, 2013
As I write this, Christian families in Peshawar, Pakistan are preparing to bury their dead, who were massacred in a suicide bombing at their church on Sunday. This isn't all...
Opinion
She’s More than a Slogan
by: Ahmer Naqvi
Date: December 2, 2013
In a few hours, we will know if a young girl will get to become what one commentator described as the reason the Nobel Peace Prize gets its credibility...
Opinion
Report says “Depoliticising the Youth will Derail the Nation”
by: Salman Zaidi
Date: December 2, 2013
The peace process between India and Pakistan is often like a snakes and ladders trope. The recent flare-up across the Line of Control (LoC), with daily reports of cross border shelling...
Opinion
Challenges of Political Transition
by: Raza Rumi
Date: December 2, 2013
Pakistan’s next general election, due in a few months, will be the first where civilian forces are in charge of the transition from one elected government to another. Throughout...
Publications
Policy Brief: Another Approach to Madrassa Reforms in Pakistan
Date: November 29, 2013
By Syed Mohammad Ali The rise of extremism and intolerance in Pakistan over the decades, not just in the militant periphery but in mainstream society too, has been promoted by a...
Publications
Pakistan, the United States and the End Game in Afghanistan: Perceptions of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Elite
Date: November 29, 2013
As the so-called “end game” in Afghanistan approaches, the momentum is growing to find an amicable solution to the conflict. The U.S. and other troop contributing countries are committed to...
Opinion
A Game of Thrones in Waziristan: The Return of Fazlullah
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: November 29, 2013
Maulana Fazlullah was always the wild card. As Hakimullah Mehsud’s last rites were being read, and emergency conclaves were being summoned across six other tribal agencies to deliberate upon the militant...
Publications
Population in Pakistan: Holding the seams together
Date: November 29, 2013
y Madeeha Ansari In this Issue: The pressures and potential of a burgeoning population and recommendations to avert future crises. The “population bomb” is no longer a leading cause for concern...
