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Download Pakistan's real estate sector is the driver of economic development as it generates major contributions to GDP, jobs, and city and urban development. Despite expanding very quickly due to population growth, urbanisation, and foreign investments, the sector suffers from several important issues…

Policy Brief by Amna Ejaz Rafi 2 days ago

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Economic Competition or Containment? India’s Role in Anti-China Indo-Pacific Alignments

Download ndo-Pacific and Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) often construed from the prism of geographic coupling of Pacific and Indian Oceans, and maritime security are, in actual geopolitical developments reflecting the competitive tendencies in region. India is exploiting the competitive tendencies in Indo-Pacific region…

Policy Brief by Dr. Aneel Salman 2 days ago

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Leveraging the AI Innovation Ecosystem to Enhance Service Quality and Customer Relationship Management in Pakistan’s Telecom Sector

Download Pakistan’s telecom sector, with over 200 million mobile subscribers and 150 million broadband users, contributes PKR 335 billion annually to the national exchequer in the form of direct taxation and PTA revenues. Despite high digital penetration, the industry struggles with reactive service…

Newspaper Article by Amna Ejaz Rafi 2 days ago

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India Resumes Direct Flights To China Amid Thaw In Ties And Shifting Geopolitics

Indian airline IndiGo will start direct flights from Calcutta to Guangzhou from 26 October 2025 onwards. The direct flights between India and China were closed in 2020 due to the violent clashes along the disputed Himalayan border. The border clashes along the…

Dispatches Uncategorized by Dr. Claudia Milena Adler 13/10/2025

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Learning Without Dignity: The Rise and Fall of Education in Emergencies

Education in emergencies (EiE) is an undisputed human right, enshrined within International Human Rights Law (IHRL), International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Refugee Law (IRL). As straightforward as this may sound, the complexities in delivering education amidst a crisis are far from…

PAPER by Dr. Aneel Salman 26/09/2025

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Behavioural Responses to Taxation and Laffer Curve: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

Download Pakistan faces one of the largest tax gaps in South Asia. Despite repeated tax reforms, the tax-to-GDP ratio has remained stagnant, undermining fiscal stability and limiting the country’s capacity to achieve its development goals. This study investigates how Pakistan can address its…

Dispatches by Anees Fatima Sherazi 26/09/2025

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Intelligence Blind Spots in Russia and Iran

Intelligence agencies are responsible for safeguarding the state’s interests. They are often known as the deep state. For the authoritarian regime, the role of the deep state is equivalent to the backbone of the system. Intelligence blind spots are defined as the…

Policy Brief by Dr. Aneel Salman 19/09/2025

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A Blueprint for Pakistan’s Bioeconomy: Turning Resources into Resilience

Download Agriculture contributes 24 percent to Pakistan’s national economy and employs 37.4 percent of the workforce. Despite this strong agricultural base, the bioeconomy’s share in national output remains among the lowest globally. This shows a wide gap between the available bioeconomy resources and…

Dispatches by Muhammad Saad Saleem 19/09/2025

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Climate Security: Pakistan’s Overlooked National Emergency

This summer once again reminded Pakistan of a harsh truth: climate change is not a distant threat, it is a lived reality. From unprecedented heatwaves in Sindh and Punjab to flash floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan, millions of Pakistanis faced displacement,…

Dispatches by Abdul Basit 17/09/2025

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Emerging Technologies Are Reshaping Pakistan’s Militancy Landscape For the Worse

When it comes to terrorist groups’ cost-benefit calculus of adopting and innovating with emerging technologies, there are two opposing conceptual views.

Real Estate in Pakistan: Regulatory Barriers, Taxation Issues, and Pathways to Reform

Economic Competition or Containment? India’s Role in Anti-China Indo-Pacific Alignments

Leveraging the AI Innovation Ecosystem to Enhance Service Quality and Customer Relationship Management in Pakistan’s Telecom Sector

India Resumes Direct Flights To China Amid Thaw In Ties And Shifting Geopolitics

Learning Without Dignity: The Rise and Fall of Education in Emergencies

Behavioural Responses to Taxation and Laffer Curve: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

Intelligence Blind Spots in Russia and Iran

A Blueprint for Pakistan’s Bioeconomy: Turning Resources into Resilience

Climate Security: Pakistan’s Overlooked National Emergency

Emerging Technologies Are Reshaping Pakistan’s Militancy Landscape For the Worse

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