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Truth vs. Reality: Unshackling the Burdens of Intrigue in Kashmir
Col DPK Pillay Article

Truthful journalism is the bulwark that makes democracies work by fulfilling the people’s right to information. This statement cannot be faulted, but there is a less comfortable truth that operates in tandem here, especially when it comes to media ....

May 30, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , China , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , China , Kashmir , Article 370 , Article 35 A , Pandits , Great Game
पाकिस्तान: कोरोनावायरस महामारी से निपटने में परेशान करने वाली बात
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

पाकिस्तान में कोरोनावायरस का पहला मामला 26 फरवरी 2020 को कराची में आया। उसके बाद यह चारों प्रांतों, ....

May 29, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , पाकिस्तान , कोरोनावायरस , कराची , राष्ट्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय
IS Pakistan Losing the COVID-19 Battle?
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

While the entire world is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan’s handling of the crisis raises fears that if it does not get its act together quickly, it may be at risk of losing the battle. The numbers of positive cases as of 20 Ma....

May 22, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Balochistan , COVID-19 , lockdown , Sindh , lack of testing , polarisation
Pakistan Study Group Report: April 2020
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

A meeting of the Pakistan Study Group was held via video conferencing on 29 April 2020. The main items on the agenda were the COVID-19 situation in Pakistan and China-Pakistan relations.

COVID-19 Situation in Pakistan
Impact on C....

May 21, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , India , Pakistan , China , economy , Civil-Military , COVID-19 , IMF , Federalism
Pakistan: Disturbing Trends in the Handling of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

The first case of coronavirus was reported in Pakistan on 26 February 2020 in Karachi. Thereafter, it spread to all the four provinces, the federal capital, so-called Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). The main sources of the ....

April 23, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Lal Masjid , Pakistan Covid , Tableeghi Jamaat , doubling rate , Ulemas , Taftan quarantine center , Ramazan
Pakistan and the FATF: The Sword Still Dangles
Aakriti Vinayak, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Pakistan is in deep trouble. It was and continues to be under the penetrating gaze of the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog- the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). To prevent organized crime, terrorism and corruption, FATF has....

April 02, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , FATF , Terrorism , Terror Financing
Pakistan: Lal Masjid 2.0 ?
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

Lal Masjid in Islamabad and Maulana Abdul Aziz, also known as ‘Mullah Burqa’, are back in the news. Like in 2007, the authorities are again negotiating with him on a set of demands that no self-respecting government could concede. Almost ....

March 23, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , ISI , Lal Masjid , Mullah Burqa , Jihad , Abdul Aziz
Afghanistan: Peace deal and deepening political crisis
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

President Trump’s upcoming visit to India and the rapidly progressing peace talks between the US and the Taliban gives yet another opportunity for the policymakers in India to use their ingenuity in order to secure a place for itself in a post-Amer....

February 24, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , India , Afghanistan , Presidential elections , Peace Deal , Trump Visit
Year Review: Pakistan in 2019
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

The year 2019 brought optimism as well as trials for Pakistan in equal measure. In 2019, Pakistan under Prime Minister Imran Khan was occupied in confronting numerable challenges at the domestic as well as international levels. At the domestic front,....

January 22, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , India , Pakistan , US , foreign policy , Army , economy , Afghanistan , Saudi
Sectarian Divide in Islam and Fall Out in Pakistan
Col Harsh Vardhan Singh Article

Sectarian dissonance in Islam can be traced back to the death of Prophet Mohammad in 632 AD. The anointment of the successor to Prophet did set the stage for an eternal conflict which witnessed its violent calcification in 680 AD with the martyrdom o....

October 21, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Islamization and sectarianism , Pakistan’s sectarian vulnerability
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