Publications
Here are some of our recent OP-Eds
Pakistan's Experience with Student Unions
Student unions, sometimes called student councils, student governments, student associations, or guild of students, are such organisations which indulge students in various productive societal activities and play a significant task in protecting student rights […]
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SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER
Space-based technologies that have civil and military uses are drawing greater interest with more countries entering into this field. Development beyond peaceful uses i.e. weaponization of outer space is a growing concern for the […]
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Economic Trends In Pakistan
The recent positive economic data from Pakistan is leading many to hail it as “emerging market success story,” reminiscent of Egypt’s “impressive” economic turnaround after 2016. Foreign short-term funds are flowing in, the stock […]
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International Human Rights Day
The 10th of December is the international human rights day. It falls on the anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights (UDHR). However, it is a burden on human conscience […]
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An Ode to a Resilient Nation
December 16th, a day that remains botched in the memory of Pakistanis as one where the enemy was able to achieve its designs and break the country into two; a day whereby the two-nation […]
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Structural Violence against Women, Female Feticide and Preference for Son
Violence against women is a global pandemic, affecting one in three women in their lifetime. Social, cultural and religious values of most traditional societies in the developing world are structured in such a way […]
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Cyber Threats and Nuclear Security in India
After the Indian nuclear power plant, it was the Indian space agency that was attacked by suspected North Korean hackers during the Chandrayaan-2 mission. India’s Space Research Organization (ISRO) was warned of the expected […]
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A Real Approach to Real Estate
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial watchdog, conducted its most recent plenary session from 16th-18th October to assess member states’ performance on two grounds: technical compliance, which addresses the design of […]
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India's Rising Majoritarianism
There is increasing distress around South Asia due to India’s rising majoritarianism. As mob lynchings of minorities occur regularly, cow vigilante squads and populist leaders rule the streets of the world’s largest democracy. There […]
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The Current Account Deficit in Perspective
For the past 40 years, Pakistan has by and large run a current account deficit, which means that the value of goods and services it has imported has exceeded that of goods and services […]
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The Country of the Future
Whenever the pundits herald the economic potential of “emerging markets”, their discourse often belies a sense of despondency that looms closely behind in the psyche and in the lived experience of citizens in the […]
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India-Pakistan Crises and Nuclear Escalation Dynamics
The February 2019 military crisis has once again exposed the fragility of the India-Pakistan deterrence relationship that continues to remain under stress for various internal and external factors. The long history of wars and […]
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Pakistan's Political and Diplomatic Challenges at the 2020 FATF Plenary
Last month, Pakistan received a provisional reprieve from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international money laundering and terror financing watchdog, allowing it four more months to extricate itself from the list of jurisdictions with […]
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The Paradox of Hunger
There is a paradox of hunger that pervades our society with respect to the consumption of food. On one hand, we are categorized among the hungriest and food-scarce on earth; and on the other, […]
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The Housing of Good Intentions
The Naya Pakistan Housing Program (NPHP) seeks to address a chronic national shortage of affordable housing through the construction of five million homes over a five-year horizon. Government statements stress the role of public-private partnerships […]
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The Disquiet in People’s Lives
Here is what the reporters are saying: the people have come on to the streets, expressing their rage through marching, chanting, rioting, confronting the police, demanding an end to the current government’s corruption, and […]
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Emerging Trends in Asia Pacific: Japan-Australia Strategic Cooperation
In international politics, there have been periods of mistrust, suspicion and coercion between different states. In the present day, states’ behaviour is an example of the same pattern. During the previous century, Japan and […]
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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor – The Politico-Strategic Dimension
The signing of the civil nuclear deal between the United States and India in 2008 ushered in a period of intimate relations between the two countries. The period witnessed consolidation of Indo-US ties in […]
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A Fine Retort
In February 2019 over forty Indian paramilitary troops were killed in an attack later claimed by Jaish-e-Muhammad, a proscribed organization. Following this militant attack, tensions between India and Pakistan began to soar. India conspiratorially […]
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The Changing Dynamics of Sino-India Relations – Options for Pakistan
There are no permanent friends or enemies in international political system. This phenomenon has become the hallmark of interstate relations and time and again is unfolded in relation to newer actors. The informal Summit […]
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Reviewing the Brotherhood in Saffron
It was at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that Prime Minister Imran Khan made a rousing speech on 29th September decrying the police state that India had by then imposed for more than […]
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The Underlying Political Deception of BJP in India
Political deception has played a major role in the political system of modern nation-states. Leaders tend to keep citizens in an opaque frame for quite some time. They have played this card before, whether […]
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Why Pakistan Cannot Afford a Saudi-Iran War
Endeavours to preserve and strengthen fraternal relations among Muslim countries underpinning Islamic unity constitute one of the guiding principles of Pakistan’s foreign policy. It is for this reason that soon after its inception, Pakistan […]
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The Burning Kashmir and International Silence
Even after two and a half months of Indian occupied Kashmir valley’s lockdown by the Modi government, the international community is not listening to the grievances of the oppressed Kashmiri people. How many more […]
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