Policy Brief
War to Lawfare – Spotlighting the India-Pakistan Conflict
by: Professor Sikander Ahmed Shah and Professor Uzair J. Kayani
Date: May 6, 2019
Lawfare, or the use of legal fora and devices for military and diplomatic advantage, has become a critical component of South Asia’s dynamic conflict landscape. In the context of the...
Opinion
Leveraging CPEC; Investing in Human Capital
by: Nazish Afraz
Date: April 17, 2019
As Pakistan navigates a burgeoning deficit crisis, there is renewed focus on leveraging CPEC for growth. With government-to-government CPEC infrastructure upgrades well underway, all sights are set on business cooperation...
Opinion
Committing to Equality for Street Children
by: Madeeha Ansari
Date: April 12, 2019
Madeeha Ansari April 12 is a day for the invisible. As the International Day for Street Children, it is a time to extend recognition to young people who are too...
Policies
Jinnah Institute’s Policy Dialogue on Cultural Pluralism
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: April 8, 2019
On 24/02/17, Pakistan as a society must question the contemporary manifestations of ethnic discrimination, religious intolerance, and extremism by resuscitating the pluralistic vision of its inception. This was the main...
Opinion
From Journalism to Jingoism
by: Meera Nadeem
Date: April 2, 2019
Meera Nadeem Prospects for dialogue between Pakistan and India now appear bleak as the two nuclear armed neighbours faceoff in what is perhaps the worst diplomatic bilateral stalemate since 1971....
Opinion
Where Do India and Pakistan Go From Here
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: March 28, 2019
For a region that until a month ago was on a collision course for war, India’s decision to boycott Pakistan Day celebrations at the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi...
Opinion
After the Crisis
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: March 14, 2019
Although the 2019 India-Pakistan standoff may have passed its immediate intensity, it is clear that the entire episode has left a slew of new worries for policymakers all over the...
Opinion
The Fight for Our Rights
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: March 8, 2019
Today’s Pakistan has gone through several important transformations, most notable of which is the country’s default inclination towards some form of democracy, even if its current avatar manifests as illiberal....
Democracy and Inclusion
Date: February 20, 2019
Inclusion in democracies is a challenge across the world, especially for those with weak state capacity for social service delivery and where the establishment of democracy itself has followed a...
Opinion
The Fault in Our Stars
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: January 30, 2019
With the PTI’s saddle-adjustment over and a debt crisis (temporarily) averted, it may be worth refocusing attention onto the guardrails of Pakistan’s democracy. Will the next four years of PTI...
