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Pakistan - Heightening Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Woes
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

A two-day plenary session of the Asia Pacific Group (APG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)1 was held in Bangkok from 22 May 2018. Pakistan had submitted an action plan on 25 April in line with the decision taken at the February plenary meeti

June 06, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Commentary, Financial Action Task Force, Financing Terrorism in Pakistan
तापी पाइपलाइन: अर्थ बनाम राजनीति
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

फ़रवरी 2018 में तुर्कमेनिस्तान, अफ़ग़ानिस्तान , पाकिस्तान और भारत के शीर्ष नेतृत्व ने 1700 किमी की तुर्�

April 03, 2018 Economic Studies, Hindi, Tapi Pipeline, तापी पाइपलाइन, ऊर्जा अर्थव्यवस्था, Economics, Politics
पाकिस्तान- पश्तून आन्दोलन का महत्त्व
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

पाकिस्तान की राजधानी इस्लामाबाद ने पिछले कुछ वर्षों में कई विरोध और धरना प्रदर्शन देखे है। परन

March 28, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Hindi
Commentary: The Tapi Pipeline: Economics vs Politics
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

In February 2018, leaders from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India inaugurated the 1700 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Functions were held in Serhetabat and Herat with the leaders expressing hope that trade and

March 23, 2018 Economic Studies, Commentary, India, Pakistan, TAPI, Tapi Pipeline, Afghanistan, Kabul, Internal Security, TAPI security
Commentary: Pakistan - Significance of Pashtun Protests
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Pakistan’s capital Islamabad has seen many dharnas and protests in the last few years. However, perhaps for the first time it was witness to a 10-day sit-in (01-10 February 2018) by about 5000 Pashtuns largely from the Federally Administered Tribal

March 05, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Energy Security, Commentary, Islamabad protests, Pashtun’s extra-judicial killing, FATA, Pashtun, Pashtun Protests
Pakistan: A Dangerous Divide
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

The civil-military tug of war in Pakistan has masked what could be an even more dangerous divide in the polity. This is the growing alienation among Pakhtuns in Pakistan during the last few years, culminating in the recent racial profiling of the com

March 16, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, FATA, Pakistani Pakhtuns, Racial discrimination
मोदी सरकार की पाकिस्तान नीति के दो वर्ष – समीक्षा
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के नेतृत्व वाली सरकार के दो वर्ष 25 मई, 2016 को पूरे हो गए और इस बात की पड़ताल करने क�

June 17, 2016 Governance and Political Studies, Hindi
Two Years of The Modi Government’s Pakistan Policy - A Review
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

With the PM Modi-led government completing two years in office on May 25, 2016, this is a good time to examine how successful its Pakistan policy has been, the challenges it faces in dealing with Pakistan and the prospects of the bilateral relationsh

May 30, 2016 Governance and Political Studies
Indo-Pak Dialogue - Who Pulled The Plug?
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Pakistan High Commissioner in New Delhi, Abdul Basit’s April 7, 2016 reply to a question regarding the meeting of the Foreign Secretaries that, "There is no meeting scheduled for now. I think at present the peace process is suspended", has led to a

May 05, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Pakistan, Indo-Pak Dialogue
Pak-Bangladesh Diplomatic Spat: Tip of the Iceberg
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Recent months have seen Pakistan and Bangladesh expelling each other’s diplomats and ‘summoning’ each other’s envoys to lodge ‘strong’ protests. The expulsions and ‘summoning’ are just the tip of the iceberg, reflective of a deeper ma

February 22, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Pak-Bangladesh, Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, Bilateral ties
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