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Pakistan: Cataclysmic Clash of Institutions Brings Country to Precipice
Rana Banerji Article

Reactions to the arrest of Imran Khan by Pakistan Rangers from the Islamabad High Court on May 09 in the Al Qadir Trust corruption case, being investigated by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), have brought Pakistan to the edge of a precipice.....

May 13, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Supreme Court , ISPR , Asim Munir , Al Qadir Trust , Corps Commanders , NAB
Pakistan: Between the Devil and the Khaki
Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle Commentary

Under exceptional circumstances, Pakistan’s top courts – the Supreme Court of Pakistan [SCP] and the Islamabad High Court [IHC] intervened to provide relief to former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Mr. Imran Khan on two....

May 13, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Army , Imran Khan , Bajwa , Political Crisis , Judiciary , Bhutto
International Order and Taliban: Theory and Practice
Georgi Asatryan, Ph.D. Commentary

Afghanistan has historically been on the fringe of global politics while also being unexpectedly and tragically entangled in international processes. It was afflicted throughout the 20th century by linkages to the outside world. The Soviets invasion ....

March 29, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Taliban , International order
Pervez Musharraf : The 1999 coup
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

With the death of Gen Pervez Musharraf in Dubai on 05 February 2023 an era has ended in Pakistan. While his complex legacy will be debated and discussed over the next few months and even years, it is useful to look back on the manner in which he oust....

February 21, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Kargil , Musharraf , coup 1999 , Nawaj Sharif
Peshawar Mosque Attack: “Snake Bites its Snake Charmer”
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

कर्म प्रधान विश्व रचि राखा। जो जस करहि सो तस फल चाखा।।

(translation: Deeds are of supreme importance in this universe. Whatever a person does, he is pu....

February 08, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , India , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Islamic State , ISIS , Taliban , TTP , Extremism , Bharat , Al Qaida , Islamic Terror , JuA , ISI Terrorism
Peshawar Bombing likely to Heighten Stress in Pakistan-Taliban Relations
Dr Anwesha Ghosh Article

Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan in August 2021 was seen as a strategic victory for Pakistan. But the initial euphoria considerably withered away in the course of the following months, by the general drift in the Pakistan-Taliban relations. Two fac....

February 06, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Durand Line , TTP , Afghan Taliban , Peshawar bombing , terrorist attack
Pompeo’s Balakot Claim and the Need to Adopt a Nuanced Understanding of Indo-Pak Deterrence Relationship
Dhritiman Mukherjee Article

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent claim that India and Pakistan were on the brink of a nuclear war after India conducted the Balakot airstrike in February 2019 has rekindled fears over the fragile state of deterrence relationship be....

February 03, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Crises , nuclear deterrence , stability , neutrality , Mediation
Resurgence of Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) in Pakistan
Aakriti Vinayak Commentary

Pakistan and Afghanistan relations are on a boil. In the past few months while there has been simmering tensions on the Durand Line, the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) threat has grown exponentially. On November 28, 2022, the TTP ended the indefinite ceasef....

January 11, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , economy , FATA , Terrorism , TTP , Afghan Taliban
Pakistan: Bhutto Legacy
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in his outburst against India at the UN Security Council mentioned that Osama Bin Laden is dead. He forgot to mention that Osama died after enjoying a safe haven in Pakistan for a decade. Earlier, the....

December 21, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , UN , Osama Bin Laden , Ahmediyas , Bilawal Bhutto , JUI
Why Securing the Information Domain has become an Urgent Necessity for India?
Tejusvi Shukla Commentary

A Special Meeting of the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) was conducted in India in October this year. It was led by the External Affairs Minister, Dr S. Jaishankar, on India’s behalf, where he emphasized the increasing usa....

December 05, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , Kashmir , Terrorism , Militancy , Information Warfare , Social Media , United Nations , Jamaat-e-Islami , Counter-Terrorism Committee , Influence Operations
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