Opinion
Parliament and the Pandemic
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: April 6, 2020
As global coronavirus cases passed the million mark on Thursday, the world struggles to cope with containment and mitigation without any roadmaps for such a pandemic. With the situation in...
Opinion
Will the Pandemic Bring Peace?
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: April 4, 2020
A global pandemic that moves with lightning speed to spread its deadly payload across borders, communities and class, demands a reconsideration at many levels. Even as we struggle to shape...
Policy Brief
India, Pakistan and the Pandemic: Community of Shared Future?
by: Haroon Sharif
Date: March 31, 2020
India, Pakistan and the Pandemic: Community of Shared Future? Abstract Crises are often the crucible for old challenges to be addressed in new ways. The COVID-19 pandemic may just force...
Opinion
Lockdown? Pakistan Not Convinced
by: Mariam Bokhari & Ayesha Mushtaq
Date: March 22, 2020
When a global pandemic burns through a country it first tests both its leadership as well as its national public resolve. In Pakistan much more is being tested, including the...
Opinion
Modi’s Hubris
by: Hassan Akbar
Date: March 17, 2020
Has India finally woken up to the need for SAARC? Or is its latest reincarnation an attempt to reposition Modi as a regional leader? While collaboration is welcome in the...
Opinion
Womansplaining Rights
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: March 9, 2020
As millennial women join every year now to celebrate their womanhood on 8th March, and to bond in solidarity for defining the rights to their lives and choices, many people in...
Opinion
Three Tsunamis for Pakistan
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: March 4, 2020
Like many parts of the world, Pakistan is going through a populist moment. A key trait of such campaigns is big-ticket promises of transformational reform in stark contrast to regime-outcomes....
Opinion
The Promise Of 29 February
by: Riaz Mohammad Khan
Date: March 2, 2020
The 29 February Agreement may well set in motion a process bringing peace to Afghanistan and an end to America’s longest war. The agreement marks a formal reversal of the...
Opinion
The Struggle Continues
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: February 5, 2020
As dawn breaks across the besieged valley of Kashmir this February 5, millions of Kashmiris will wake up to six months of virtual lockdown. A blood-stained arc of diminishing freedoms...
Situationer
150 Days – The Kashmir Lockdown
by: Muhammad Amir Khan
Date: January 3, 2020
More than 150 days have passed since the inhabitants of Indian occupied Kashmir were stripped of normalcy in their daily lives. Life remains grim and the mood somber in the...
