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Pakistan: An Analysis of the Participation of Religious Parties in Elections, 2018

Shruti Punia, Young Professional, VIF Article

Elections 2018 in Pakistan would no doubt be remembered for the victory of Imran Khan. They were essentially a contest between the ‘naya Pakistan’ and ‘tabdeeli’ narrative of Imran Khan, and the ‘vote ko izzat do’ and develo....

September 07, 2018 Pakistan Elections , Electoral gains of religious parties , Article , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

इमरान खान के नेतृत्व में पाकिस्तान – भारत-पाक संबंधों की भावी दिशा

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

जिसने भी पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री इमरान खान को 25 जुलाई, 2018 को उस समय बोलते सुना होगा, जब यह स्पष्�....

September 07, 2018 Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , भारत-पाकिस्तान रिश्ते , इमरान खान की सत्ता

Pakistan Economy: Challenges Ahead for the New Government

Prateek Joshi, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Now that Imran Khan has assumed the office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the most pressing challenge for him would be the management of Pakistan’s economy. These revolve around mounting debt (both domestic and external), growing Chinese loans ....

August 30, 2018 Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Pakistan’s fiscal debts , Pakistan’s economy

Pakistan’s New Government: Are there reasons for Hope?

Sanjiv Khanna Article

The 2018 General Elections in Pakistan are over and the Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Party (PTI) emerged as the single largest Party in the National Assembly, and formed the Government. Most of the parties alleged rigging and refused to a....

August 29, 2018 Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Pakistan Government , Legitimacy of civilian leadership , Imran and Islamists

Building Dams with Donations

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

So dire is Pakistan’s financial health that it has been reduced to mobilise money from individual donors to build infrastructure projects which will cost hundreds of thousands of crores of rupees. In his first speech after becoming the Prime Minist....

August 28, 2018 Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Pakistan’s financial crisis , Pakistan’s dam building

Imran Khan: Political Inclinations

Shruti Punia, Young Professional, VIF Article

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the largest party with 115 seats in the National Assembly, besides winning two-third seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkwa (KP) provincial assembly and emerging as the second largest party in the Punjab assembly....

August 09, 2018 Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Politician Imran Khan , New government in Pakistan

Pakistan’s Elections and ‘Naya’ Pakistan?

Amb D P Srivastava, Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader, VIF Article

Election for Pakistan’s National Assembly saw Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Party doubling its vote share from 16.32 percent in the 2013 elections to 31.8 percent. Its seat share went up from 28 to 115. In case of Pakistan Muslim L....

August 08, 2018 Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Pakistan voting trend , Pakistan Elections

Pakistan Army and Imran Khan: From Macro to Micro Management Post Polls

Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle Commentary

In surveying the outcome and post-election trends in Pakistan two clichés come to mind, “the more things change the more they remain the same,” and “while states have armies, Pakistan Army has a state”. To the world, elections to the Nat....

August 02, 2018 Post-Election trends in Pakistan , Military control in Pakistan , Commentary , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

The Pakistan Elections 2018

Tilak Devasher, Consultants, VIF Article

According to the preliminary results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)at the time of writing, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the largest political party in the country. It has won 115 of the 270 Nati....

August 01, 2018 Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Pakistan Elections , New government in Pakistan

No Need to Engage Imran Khan Prematurely

Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

The coverage that the Pakistani elections has received in our media has been out of proportion to our stakes in its outcome. Of course, the election process in a neighbouring country like Pakistan, with which our relations remain most difficult, shou....

August 01, 2018 Article , Featured , Imran’s platitudes , Engaging Imran Khan , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan