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State Power through Religious Symbolism in Pakistan: From Imran Khan to Asim Munir
Dr Angana Kotokey, Research Associate, VIF

This Issue Brief begins by analysing Imran Khan’s growing popular support within the context of Asim Munir’s power struggle with him, who in a similar fashion, attempts to implement a religious discourse to enhance his populist appeal and...

July 9, 2025 Download
Tags: Asim Munir, Imran Khan, India, Islam and Politics, Islamization, Jammu and Kashmir, Pahalgam, Pakistan, Pakistan Military, Political Power, Populism, Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies
From Kabul to Khyber: Tracing the Shift in Poppy Cultivation from Afghan Fields to Pakistan’s Borderlands
Dr Angana Kotokey, Research Associate, VIF

Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan and Pakistan is not a recent development; it has been practiced for decades and remains a vital source of livelihood for many in the region. Its expansion can largely be attributed to the failure of state...

May 21, 2025 Download
Tags: Afghan Farmers, Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Ban on Poppy Farming, Clandestine Networks, Drug trade, Geopolitics, Pakistan, Poppy Cultivation, Taliban, Neighbourhood Studies
Tracking the Money Trail: Islamic Terror Groups in South Asia
Rhea Sinha

South Asia has been plagued by Islamic terrorism for decades. An increasingly hostile political environment and the prolonged conflict in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Jammu & Kashmir has enabled terror organisations to thrive because of the...

September 15, 2021 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Af-Pak region, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, International Relations and Diplomacy, International Security, Neighbourhood studies, Pakistan, Terror Financing, Terrorism, Terrorism
Decoding the Turkey-Pakistan alliance
Dr Yatharth Kachiar

Over the years, Turkey-Pakistan relations have stood the precarious nature of global politics as well as the turbulence of their domestic politics. Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan has received uncritical support of Turkey irrespective of who...

January 8, 2021 Download
Tags: Economic, FATF, Kashmir, military, Pakistan, Political, Soft Power, Turkey, Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies
Kashmir - Is the Time Ripe for a New Outreach Strategy?
Abhinav Pandya
C D Sahay

India’s historic move on August 5, 2019, heralded a new era in Jammu and Kashmir, a state which witnessed an uncertain political status and 30 years of Pak-sponsored Jihadist militancy. Before the abrogation of article 370, the normal life had...

June 26, 2020 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Al Qaeda, Article 370, Big Outreach, IS, Kashmir, Pakistan, Terrorism, Jammu & Kashmir
Terror Financing: Battle beyond the Banks
Abhinav Pandya

… FATF pronouncements are sensitive to the requirements of better information sharing between the law enforcement agencies, banking sector, governments, and the private sector … it is also engaging police officers, judges and prosecutors to...

May 1, 2018 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, FATF, Pakistan, Terror Financing, Terrorism
Rise of Jaish-e-Mohammed in Kashmir Valley - an Internal Security Perspective
C D Sahay
Dr Ramanand Garge

Introduction

January 25, 2018 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Kashmir Valley, Pakistan, Pathankot Attack, United Jihad Council, Terrorism
Anti-Terror Laws in India and Pakistan: A Comparative Study
Navroz Singh
Sushant Sareen

Anti-national acts of misguided citizens and their fanatic mentors have forced even democratic governments to enact special laws to deal with these. The purpose of such provisions, which many propagators of individual freedom view as 'draconian...

October 21, 2016 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Anti-national acts, Anti-Terror Laws, Pakistan, Terrorism, Terrorism
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