India’s Failed Strategy in Kashmir: CSS Pakistan Affairs Guns have slipped back into holsters and diplomats behind their desks; the Samjhauta or “Concord” Express has resumed its reassuring bi-weekly chug connecting Lahore Junction and Old Delhi Station. Relations between India and …
The Future of Democracy in South Asia Why Citizens Must Stay Vigilant (CSS Pakistan Affairs) On November 14, a fight broke out in the Sri Lankan Parliament. When the Speaker tried to call a vote, a group of MPs heckled him and rushed the …
Why the India-Pakistan Crisis Isn’t Likely to Turn Nuclear (CSS Pakistan Affairs) In May 1999, an Indian military patrol stumbled on several groups of Pakistani soldiers who had set up posts in Kargil, in the Indian-controlled section of the disputed …
Will Sino-US Relations Drive Pak-US Relations? CSS International Relations A Brief History Since Pakistan’s independence in 1947, it has had a mixed relationship with the United States, encompassing several ups and downs over the decades. Pakistan came into being as …
Partition of India: Gandhi’s Role – CSS Pakistan Affairs When the All-India Muslim League was established in Dhaka in 1906 by leading Muslim figures from around the country, India had just begun to slowly transition to self-rule from the British Raj. From …
Pashtoon Tahafuz Movement: A rights movement or a new regional agenda Ahmed Khan, (not his original name) waits in his car behind a long line of other vehicles, for his turn to be checked. He can spot army soldiers with …
Is Indus Water Treaty being Violated by India? CSS Pakistan Affairs The government of Pakistan has asked the World Bank for a meeting in Washington, DC for talks on the country’s ongoing water dispute with India. This latest demand is …
Economic Survey Report for 17-18: CSS Pakistan Affairs The Finance Ministry of Pakistan has launched the Pakistan Economic Survey 2017-18, which claims that Pakistan has made great strides in reducing its macroeconomic vulnerability in the recent years and, achieved the …
Pakistan and India must follow North and South Korea: CSS General Knowledge Dressed in a black safari suit, The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un garnered media spotlight as he detached from his fellows and walked, with his traditional grace, to …
Is Pakistan loosing battle for its soul? CSS Pakistan Affairs This story perhaps describes best what’s happening in Pakistan today A grandfather tells his grandson there are two wolves inside us, always at war with each other. One is a …