India’s No First Use Dilemma: An Emerging Nuclear Threat
South Asia continues to be a volatile theater of an active conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir dispute. India’s recent decision to revoke...
Abrogation of Article 370: Implications & Policy Choices for Pakistan
After days of speculation, Indian government on Monday scrapped the autonomous status for Occupied Kashmir enshrined in Article 370 of (India’s) Constitution and bifurcated...
FY20: The known unknown
The main highlights of the FY20 budget are as follows:
The exorbitant tax target is the main theme of the FY20 Budget. Documents reveal...
FY 2019-20: The Mind Boggling Budget Math
The announcement of Rs5.55tn tax revenue target is disconcerting at the very least. Even under a nominal GDP growth rate assumption, marginal revenues...
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT: INDIAN LOK SABHA ELECTIONS 2019
Indian Lok Sabha Elections 2019, which witnessed a remarkable turnedout of 67.11 per cent-the highest in India's electoral history, have yielded a victory for...
Iran & Pakistan: A Complicated Relationship
The history of Iran - Pakistan relations has had certain distinct features and characteristics over the past seven decades. The two, in the initial...
India’s Anti-Satellite Test
On 27 March, 2019, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared his country to be a ‘space power’. He announced that India has successfully tested...
Pakistan’s Tough Balancing Game in the Gulf
On February 17-18, 2019, Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman made his first two-day state visit to Pakistan as part of a major regional...
Social Media Crackdown: Punishing Political Dissent or Fighting Extremism?
The Constitution of Pakistan has promised freedom of expression to its citizens. That right has further been reaffirmed by Pakistan’s accession to international conventions ...