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...
Opinion
Timeline of US Taliban Talks
by: Hassan Akbar
Date: January 25, 2019
With discussions around Afghan reconciliation entering a critical phase, it’s worth looking at what is happening in Qatar and beyond. This short piece analyzes the push for a settlement and...
Quarterly Monitoring Brief
Reviewing Indo-Pak Bilateral Relations: Quarterly Monitoring Brief October 2018 – December 2018
Date: January 24, 2019
Hostile statements from India and Pakistan continued in the last quarter of 2018 as ceasefire violations continued at the Line of Control and bilateral relations remained tense. Perhaps the most...
Opinion
Child Marriage and the Law
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: January 17, 2019
Pakistan’s children are its future. Yet not only is this generation put to work in homes, fields and factories, they are the silent objects of abuse and violence in ways...
Policy Brief
A Constitutional History of Water in Pakistan
by: Ahmad Rafay Alam
Date: January 7, 2019
What exactly is water law? The answer is elusive. Water itself is fascinating. It adopts the shape of the vessel it occupies. Different vessels, different shapes. And for each shape,...
