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Pakistan: The Relentless Killings of the Hazaras¹

The cold-blooded killing of 11 Shia Hazara miners in Geshtari area of Machh, Balochistan on 03 January 2021 by the Islamic State (IS) refocused attention on the brutal persecution of minorities in Pakistan in recent decades. However, even among the m....

January 15, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Islamic State , Balochistan , Taliban , Imran Khan , Hazaras , Lashkar e Jhangvi , Shia

Decoding the Turkey-Pakistan alliance

Over the years, Turkey-Pakistan relations have stood the precarious nature of global politics as well as the turbulence of their domestic politics. Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan has received uncritical support of Turkey irrespective of who is ....

January 08, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , FATF , Kashmir , Economic , Soft Power , Turkey , military , Political

Pakistan Insights 2020

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Following the success Pakistan Insights 2019 that was based on discussions held in the Pakistan Study Group (PSG) of the Vivekananda International Foundation, it was decided to continue with the Insight series, making it an annual feature. Despite th....

December 15, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , POK , Indo-Pak relations , Book Published , Afghan peace process , COVID-19 , Pakistan Insights

पाकिस्तान से आतंकवाद का खुलासा

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

पाकिस्तान के विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्री फवाद चौधरी ने 29 अक्टूबर को नेशनल असेंबली में शेख�....

November 27, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , पाकिस्तान। आतंकवाद। एनआईए। जे ई एम। आईएसपीआर। पुलवामा। फवाद चौधरी। जनरल बाजवा। पाकिस्तान डेमोक्रेटिक मूवमेंट।

Pakistan: the Dossier Charade

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

On 14 November 2020, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar in a joint press conference unveiled a dossier allegedly containing ‘irrefutable evidence’ of I....

November 23, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , FATF , CPEC , ISPR , Qureshi , Jaish-e-Mohammad , Gilgit Baltistan , Pakistan Democratic Movement , Baloch groups , Nagrota

पाकिस्तान का लोकतांत्रिक प्रारंभ?

Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

पाकिस्तान के विरोधी दलों ने पाकिस्तान लोकतांत्रिक आंदोलन (पीडीएम) के बैनर तले इमरान खान सरकार �....

November 20, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , पाकिस्तान। लोकतंत्र। सेना। नवाज शरीफ। इमरान खान। विरोधी । कराची। मानवाधिकार। पीटीआई

Redefining Two-Front War

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.) Article

On taking over as COAS, Gen Bipin Rawat, in December 2016 had said: “The two-front is a real scenario… the army, navy and IAF are now jointly very much prepared for such an eventuality.” In his first press conference as COAS, Gen Manoj N....

November 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , China , LoC , Information war , Cyber war , LAC , Eastern Ladakh , battle space , electromagnetic spectrum , multidomain

Terror Revelations from Pakistan

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

On 29 October Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for Science & Technology while speaking in the National Assembly, boasted that the Imran Khan government was responsible for the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir that had taken place in February 2019. The Pul....

November 02, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Terrorism , NIA , JeM , ISPR , Pulwama , Fawad Chaudhury , Gen Bajwa , Pakistan Democratic Movement

चीन पाकिस्तान आर्थिक कोरिडोर का विखंडन- क्या यह व्यवहार्य है?

Aakriti Vinayak, Research Associate, VIF Article

कोविड-19 संकट ने पूरी दुनिया को चीन के साथ सहयोग और प्रतिस्पर्धा की नीतियों के पुनरावलोकन पर विव....

October 27, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , चाइना। बेल्ट एंड रोड इनीशिएटिव , सीपीईसी , ग्वादर , आर्थिक संकट , चाइना पाकिस्तान इकोनामिक कॉरिडोर , चीन की हिंस्रता।

Pakistan’s Democratic Opening?

Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Pakistan’s opposition parties under the banner of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) have unleashed a direct attack on Imran Khan Government and its military backers. After two rallies in Gujranwala and Karachi by PDM, Pakistan’s hybrid regime is....

October 23, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , democracy , Army , Nawaz Sharif , Imran Khan , Opposition , Karachi , Human Rights , PTI