TRENDLINES OF PAKISTAN’S SECURITY CHALLENGES
About the Author Manzar Zaidi is a former senior police officer and a distinguished counter-terrorism academic and practitioner, with deep...
AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: PAKISTAN’S INTERESTS AND POLICY OPTIONS – 12
This report is outcome of the last PIPS-led structured consultation out of a series of twelve such events that have...
Pakistan’s Evolving Militant Landscape: State Responses and Policy options
The militant landscape in Pakistan has become increasingly diverse, with religiously motivated, nationalist insurgent, and sectarian groups gaining momentum. This...
AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: PAKISTAN’S INTERESTS AND POLICY OPTIONS – 11
This report is outcome of the 11th PIPS-led structured consultation out of a series of twelve such events that have...
AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: PAKISTAN’S INTERESTS AND POLICY OPTIONS 9
There is a complete political deadlock and the leaderships in Afghanistan and Pakistan apparently also do not seem very much...
AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: PAKISTAN’S INTERESTS AND POLICY OPTIONS 8
This report is outcome of the 8th PIPS-led structured consultation out of a series of eight such events that have...
AFGHANISTAN AS SEEN FROM PAKISTAN-VIII
This series of analytical paper is among the key components of a PIPS programme that aims at strengthening Pakistan's support...
PERSPECTIVES FROM PAKISTAN ON AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION 8
Given the fast-evolving situation in Afghanistan and its multifaceted impact on Pakistan, Pak Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS) has taken...
Charter of Peace
This report entails details on and endorsements by political, religious leaders, civil society, and others of the Charter of Peace...
Pakistan’s Afghan perspective and policy options
With the aim of strengthening Pakistan’s support for the peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan, Pak Institute for Peace Studies initiated...
YOUTH AND THE SOCIAL CONTRACT IN PAKISTAN
Through the testing of a newly developed analytical framework, this study has tried to understand the structure and dynamics of...
AFGHANISTAN AS SEEN FROM PAKISTAN-VII
This series of analytical paper is among the key components of a PIPS programme that aims at strengthening Pakistan's support...
Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-10, No-2, 2018
Editor: Muhammad Amir Rana Associate Editors: Safdar Sial, Muhammad Ismail Khan Faith-based discord and discrimination seem so pervasive that even attempts to...
Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-1, No-1, 2008
Editor: Muhammad Amir Rana Assistant Editor: Safdar Sial, Najam U Din Foreign Editor: Ranga Kalansooriya (Sri Lanka)
Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-2, No-1, Jan-Mar 2009
Khaled Ahmed Consulting Editor Daily Times and Friday Times, Lahore, Pakistan. Prof. Ruhanas Harun Institute for Public Policy and Management,...
Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-2, No-2, Apr-Jun 2009
Editor: Muhammad Amir Rana Associate Editor: Najam U Din Foreign Editor: Ranga Kalansooriya (Sri Lanka)
Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-2, No-3, Jul-Sep 2009
Editor: Muhammad Amir Rana Associate Editor: Najam U Din Foreign Editor: Ranga Kalansooriya (Sri Lanka)
Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-3, No-1, Jan-Mar 2010
Editor: Muhammad Amir Rana Associate Editor: Najam U Din Foreign Editor: Ranga Kalansooriya (Sri Lanka) ‘Conflict and Peace Studies’ has...
Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-3, No-2, Apr-Jun 2010
Editor: Muhammad Amir Rana Associate Editor: Najam U Din Foreign Editor: Ranga Kalansooriya (Sri Lanka)
Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-3, No-3, July-Sep 2010
Editor: Muhammad Amir Rana Associate Editor: Najam U Din Foreign Editor: Ranga Kalansooriya (Sri Lanka)
Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-3, No-4, Oct-Dec 2010
Editor: Muhammad Amir Rana Associate Editor: Najam U Din The current issue of Conflict and Peace Studies is divided into...
Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-6, No-2, July-Dec 2014
Editor: Muhammad Amir Rana Associate Editors: Safdar Sial,Razeshta Sethna Autumn 2014 issue of PIPS research journal ‘Conflict and Peace Studies’...
Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-4, No-1, Jan-Mar 2011
Editor: Muhammad Amir Rana Associate Editor: Najam U Din
Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-4, No-2, Apr-Jun 2011
Editor: Muhammad Amir Rana Associate Editors: Najam U Din, Safdar Sial
PAKISTAN SECURITY REPORT 2024: AN ABRIDGED VERSION
Marking a 70% increase from the previous year, Pakistan experienced a total of 521 terrorist attacks in 2024. This intensified...
Pakistan Security Report 2023
As the incidence of terrorist violence marked an upsurge of 17 percent in Pakistan in 2023, Pakistan's response and focus...
Pakistan Security Report 2022
In 2022, the number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan marked an increase of 27 percent from the previous year. The...
Pakistan Security Report 2021
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Pakistan Security Report 2020
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Pakistan Security Report 2019
Download full report for free Key points: In 2019, Pakistan witnessed a further decline in the number of terrorist incidents...
Pakistan Security Report 2018
Key points: Despite a 29% decline in terrorist attacks in 2018, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and its associated groups, which now includes...
Pakistan Security Report 2017 Full Report
Key points: Despite a 16% decline in terrorist attacks in 2017, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and its associated groups remained the most...
Pakistan Security Report 2008
This is the third annual security report of Pakistan by Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS). It has been observed...
Pakistan Security Report 2009
Pakistan ranked among the countries worst hit by a plethora of crises in 2009 Loss of human lives, an economic downturn,...
Pakistan Security Report 2010
In 2010, Pakistan witnessed an 11 percent decrease in the number of incidents of violence and terrorism compared to the...
Pakistan Security Report 2011
The last half of the year 2011 was a period of comparative peace in Pakistan in terms of internal armed...
Sabaoon-II Deradicalization Program
“Sabaoon, and now Sabaoon-II, is one of Pakistan’s most important success stories in the fight against terrorism. Dar’s remarkable book...
The Militant : Development of a Jihadi character in Pakistan
Author: Muhammad Amir Rana Release Date : 28 March 2015 ISBN : 978-969-9645-50-1 Length: 171 pages Description : This book mainly...
Conflict and Insecurity in Balochistan
A report by Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) ISBN : 978-969-9370-10-6 Release Date : January 2013 Length : 191...
Understanding the Militants’s Media in Pakistan: Outreach and impact
A report by Pak Institute for Peace Studies Release Date: April 2010 ISBN: 978-969-9370-05-2 Edition: 2nd Length: 224 Pages Product...
Dynamics of Taliban Insurgency in FATA
Author: Muhammad Amir Rana, Safdar Sial,Abdul Basit Release Date: 2010 ISBN :978-969-9370-04-5 Edition: 2nd (January 2014) Length: 262 Pages Description Contextualizing the militancy in FATA and the...
جہاد ، جنگ اور دہشت گردی
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مسئلہ تکفیر و خروج
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بر صغیر کی دینی روایات میں برداشت کا عنصر
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Critical Ideologies: A Debate on Takfeer & Khurooj
The ideologues of extremism and violence use selected and skewed interpretations of some of the concepts and legal rulings, tradition...
“Creating an environment that counteracts militant ideologies and radicalism in Pakistan”
A growing realisation among various states that counterterrorism efforts to kill and capture militants will not in themselves suffice to...
QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER| APRIL-JUNE, 2025
Freedom of religion or belief in Pakistan remains under serious threat, with religious minorities facing growing discrimination, violence, and the...
QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER| January-March, 2025
According to the 2023 census, the population of Pakistan is 241.5 million. Hindus are the largest minority, comprising 5.2 million,...
Quarterly Newsletter Oct – Dec 2024
Pakistan has a history of faith-based violence. The Constitution of Pakistan guarantees equal rights to all citizens including the right...
POLICY BRIEF Jun- Aug 2023
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Policy Brief April- May 2023
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POLICY BRIEF January-March, 2023
In a push for inclusion in religious education, Pakistan National Curriculum Council (NCC) recently issued no-objection certificates for the publication...
POLICY BRIEF October December, 2022
Pakistan has a history of religious freedom violations. The Constitution guarantees freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, as well as...
POLICY BRIEF 2
Social media is displacing old means of propaganda to gradually become the favored instrument of outreach for religious fundamentalists in...
POLICY BRIEF APRIL-JUNE, 2022
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PIPS Conference Brief
This brief summarizes the findings of a national conference on Pakistan-Afghanistan relations with the purpose of exploring the way forward....
National Policy brief-10 Internal security and challenges
• This brief summarizes the findings of the tenth working group’s meeting on Counter-Violent Extremism (CVE), exploring how to address...
National Policy brief-9 Education reforms
• This brief summarizes the findings of the ninth working group’s meeting on Counter-Violent Extremism (CVE), exploring how education in...
MAINSTREAMING THE “TERRORISTS”: INTERIM GOVERNMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN & SYRIA
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Pakistan’s CounterExtremism Challenge and Policy Recourse
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Pakistan’s achievements in war on terror but at what cost: a special review of the current decade
This report describes Pakistan‘s efforts against militancy and terrorism, the cost and sacrifices it had paid in this campaign mainly...
After Study Hours: Exploring the Madrassah Mindset
The study attempts to map and analyze activities of madrassah students, including co-curricular, after their study hours and whether those...
Media Safety in Pakistan
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“Creating an environment that counteracts militant ideologies and radicalism in Pakistan”
A growing realisation among various states that counterterrorism efforts to kill and capture militants will not in themselves suffice to...
Minority Rights in Pakistan: Historic Neglect or State Complicity?
While multiple factors have historically contributed to discrimination against religious minorities and faith-based violence in Pakistan, there have been inadequate...