This survey study was conducted to assess general perceptions and social constructs regarding tolerance and inclusivity in society. It focused...
QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER | JULY-SEPTEMBER, 2025
With Pakistan’s youth comprising nearly two-thirds of the population, our focus remained on strengthening their role as agents of peace...
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...
According to the 2023 census, the population of Pakistan is 241.5 million. Hindus are the largest minority, comprising 5.2 million,...
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...
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...
TRENDLINES OF PAKISTAN’S SECURITY CHALLENGES
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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...
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...
Pakistan’s Evolving Militant Landscape: State Responses and Policy
The militant landscape in Pakistan has become increasingly diverse, with religiously motivated, nationalist insurgent, and sectarian groups gaining momentum. This...
Afghan displacement prospects after a tricky trimester
Executive summary Forced displacement has been an unfortunate but near constant challenge facing millions of Afghans over the last four...
Afghan displacement prospects after a tricky trimester
Executive summary Forced displacement has been an unfortunate but near constant challenge facing millions of Afghans over the last four...
Afghanistan, Pakistan and the regional narcotics trade
Safiya Aftab is the Executive Director of Verso Consulting, a collective of practitioners with consulting experience in the development and...
Policy Brief Policy Brief 1: Afghanistan: urgent need for displacement management strategy
Executive summary Forced displacement has been an unfortunate but near constant challenge facing millions of Afghans over the last four...
Politics of Exclusion: A case study of 2nd Constitutional Amendment
The 2nd Constitutional Amendment, passed in 1974, paved way for excluding Ahmadi community from the national mainstream. In the larger...
Terrorism financing
Pakistan’s counter terrorism (CT) efforts often revolve around intelligence gathering, followed by policing, and, in many cases, undercover intelligence-led operations....
To form consensus, pay heed to the reports of the Senate’s CPEC committee
Taj Haider (The author is a former Senator, who headed Senate’s special committee on CPEC from 2015 to 2018. The...
Financing of Diamer-Bhasha dam and the CPEC
Anam Fatima These days, the financing of Diamer-Bhasha Dam is in the news. Prime Minister Imran Khan has called upon...
Attack on Chinese engineers in Balochistan
On August 11, 2018, a suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Chinese engineers in Balochistan. It later emerged that the...
Iran-US nuclear deal: Tehran back on track
Iran is a Middle Eastern country, sharing borders with Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Armenia. The country has been...
Pakistan in Saudi-led anti-terrorism alliance?: Background
On 15 December, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced the formation of a military alliance against the Islamic State in...
Executive summary of comprehensive package of NAP
Ever since NAP has been launched, there has been decline in violence in the country. This decline needs to be...
Sectarian violence in Parachinar: Backgrounder on NAP actions against sectarian terrorists
Sectarian terrorists hit a make-shift market in Parachinar on December 13 killing 25 people and wounding more than 60 others....
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...
Pakistan’s Evolving Militant Landscape: State Responses and Policy Options
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) launched its research report ‘Pakistan’s Evolving Militant Landscape: State Responses and Policy Options’ on...
PIPS CONSULTATION-11 ON AFGHAN PEACE & RECONCILIATION
Pak Institute for Peace Studies organized 11th quarterly consultation on “Afghan peace and reconciliation: Pakistan’s interests and policy options” in...
CPEC Security in 2020
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Militant Landscape of Pakistan in 2020
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Security Landscape of Pakistan in 2020
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Militant Landscape of Balochistan
Balochistan has been experiencing terrorist violence from multiple shades of militant groups including Baloch nationalist insurgent groups, so-called religiously inspired...
CPEC Security in 2019
Amid improved security of CPEC projects and workers, it is pertinent to understand the nexus between domestic natural resources, sustainable...
The Wave of Suicide Bombing in Pakistan (2007 to 2011)
Introduction and Background The wave of suicide bombings that started in Pakistan in the wake of July 2007 military operation...
Terrorism financing
Pakistan’s counter terrorism (CT) efforts often revolve around intelligence gathering, followed by policing, and, in many cases, undercover intelligence-led operations....
The rule of law: concept and practices in Pakistan
Although Pakistan has a comprehensive constitutional framework and accompanying legal procedures, the rule of law, in practice, is still confined...
Attack on Chinese engineers in Balochistan
On August 11, 2018, a suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Chinese engineers in Balochistan. It later emerged that the...
Faith and faction: internal conflicts among Afghan Taliban
1. Introduction In the heartland of Taliban’s Afghanistan, discord over how to run the country plagues the theocratic regime. The...
Finding a new equilibrium in Pakistan-Afghanistan relations
Pakistan and Afghanistan are two inter-connected neighboring countries. For centuries, the people of the two countries have remained tied together...
The emerging role of India in Afghanistan: Pakistan’s concerns and policy response
1. Introduction and historical background[1] India has remained a key factor in Pakistan’s Afghan policy. Bilateral relations between Pakistan and...
Pakistan’s perspective on Chinese engagement with the Taliban-led Afghanistan
Over the past couple of decades, bilateral relations between China and Afghanistan have evolved from being minimalistic to becoming considerably...
Dealing with TTP and IS-K after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan: Challenges, prospects, and policy options for Pakistan
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Pakistan and Afghanistan: national identity versus bonds of blood and civilisation
The Afghans love Pakistan’s national poet Iqbal so much so that one may confuse him for an Afghan due to...
Afghanistan’s “uncertain” future: domestic and regional implications
Afghanistan has endured more than four decades of protracted conflict that entailed foreign invasions, civil wars, and sprees of terrorist...
Afghan refugees and border control: Pakistan’s challenges and policy options
1. Introduction and background Following the Taliban’s capture of the Afghan capital last year, thousands were seen rushing to the...
Fallout of Afghan situation and Pakistan’s policy responses
Introduction For Pakistan, the perils of a militant regime in Kabul have become unmistakably clear as the country has witnessed...
Afghanistan’s persisting outlook on Pakistan: Lessons for Islamabad’s Afghan policy
1. Introduction and background Pakistan has a unique relationship with Afghanistan. The two countries share a 2,570 km long border,...
Pakistan’s peace talks with TTP: Prospective outcome and implications
1. Background The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) agreed to an indefinite ceasefire with the government of Pakistan on May 29,...
Afghan displacement prospects after a tricky trimester
Executive summary Forced displacement has been an unfortunate but near constant challenge facing millions of Afghans over the last four...