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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...

November 20, 2024   |   Open →

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...

May 8, 2024   |   Open →

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...

May 8, 2024   |   Open →

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...

February 21, 2024   |   Open →

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...

October 24, 2023   |   Open →

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...

June 26, 2023   |   Open →

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...

June 26, 2023   |   Open →

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...

June 26, 2023   |   Open →

Charter of Peace

This report entails details on and endorsements by political, religious leaders, civil society, and others of the Charter of Peace...

June 7, 2023   |   Open →

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...

June 6, 2023   |   Open →

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...

May 25, 2023   |   Open →

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...

May 2, 2023   |   Open →

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...

August 1, 2018   |   Open →

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)

November 25, 2017   |   Open →

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,...

November 25, 2017   |   Open →

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)

November 25, 2017   |   Open →

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)

November 25, 2017   |   Open →

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...

November 25, 2017   |   Open →

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)

November 25, 2017   |   Open →

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)

November 25, 2017   |   Open →

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...

November 25, 2017   |   Open →

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’...

November 25, 2017   |   Open →

Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-4, No-1, Jan-Mar 2011

Editor: Muhammad Amir Rana Associate Editor: Najam U Din

November 25, 2017   |   Open →

Conflict and Peace Studies, Vol-4, No-2, Apr-Jun 2011

Editor: Muhammad Amir Rana Associate Editors: Najam U Din, Safdar Sial

November 25, 2017   |   Open →

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...

January 1, 2025   |   Open →

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...

January 3, 2024   |   Open →

Pakistan Security Report 2022

In 2022, the number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan marked an increase of 27 percent from the previous year. The...

February 24, 2023   |   Open →

Pakistan Security Report 2021

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January 4, 2022   |   Open →

Pakistan Security Report 2020

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June 15, 2021   |   Open →

Pakistan Security Report 2019

Download full report for free Key points: In 2019, Pakistan witnessed a further decline in the number of terrorist incidents...

January 5, 2020   |   Open →

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...

January 6, 2019   |   Open →

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...

January 6, 2018   |   Open →

Pakistan Security Report 2008

This is the third annual security report of Pakistan by Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS). It has been observed...

November 27, 2017   |   Open →

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,...

November 27, 2017   |   Open →

Pakistan Security Report 2010

In 2010, Pakistan witnessed an 11 percent decrease in the number of incidents of violence and terrorism compared to the...

November 27, 2017   |   Open →

Pakistan Security Report 2011

The last half of the year 2011 was a period of comparative peace in Pakistan in terms of internal armed...

November 27, 2017   |   Open →

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...

November 14, 2023   |   Open →

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...

November 27, 2017   |   Open →

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...

November 27, 2017   |   Open →

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...

November 27, 2017   |   Open →

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...

November 27, 2017   |   Open →

جہاد ، جنگ اور دہشت گردی

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November 23, 2017   |   Open →

مسئلہ تکفیر و خروج

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November 23, 2017   |   Open →

بر صغیر کی دینی روایات میں برداشت کا عنصر

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November 23, 2017   |   Open →

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...

November 23, 2017   |   Open →

“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...

November 23, 2017   |   Open →

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...

July 24, 2025   |   Open →

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,...

April 24, 2025   |   Open →

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...

December 31, 2024   |   Open →

POLICY BRIEF Jun- Aug 2023

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January 30, 2024   |   Open →

Policy Brief April- May 2023

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January 30, 2024   |   Open →

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...

April 7, 2023   |   Open →

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...

February 17, 2023   |   Open →

POLICY BRIEF 2

Social media is displacing old means of propaganda to gradually become the favored instrument of outreach for religious fundamentalists in...

October 7, 2022   |   Open →

POLICY BRIEF APRIL-JUNE, 2022

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August 23, 2022   |   Open →

PIPS Conference Brief

This brief summarizes the findings of a national conference on Pakistan-Afghanistan relations with the purpose of exploring the way forward....

October 26, 2018   |   Open →

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...

November 27, 2017   |   Open →

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...

November 27, 2017   |   Open →