This year marks the 70 years of relationship for Pakistan and China. The leadership on both sides have time and again reiterated the strategic relationship as “deeper than the oceans, higher than the mountains and sweeter than honey”. Along with the military…
Few people are likely ready to believe that it's a new Taliban. The closest reference to the Taliban is their five-year rule before 9/11, which symbolized brutality. However, the Taliban apologists justified the extreme measures as a big factor that brought peace and…
Sakib Sherani is a former member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, and ex-principal economic adviser to the Ministry of Finance. He currently heads Macro Economic Insights, a consultancy based in Islamabad. 23 August 2021
In a major policy…
Do you think you can deter people or groups with the atomic bomb? Only to some extent. Kalashnikov (AK-47), another weapon, is responsible for deterrence and far more deaths than the bombs dropped on two Japanese cities; Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.…

Women facilitations centers across Pakistan including DHQs, Crisis Centers & Dar-ul-Amans are mapped in order to increase visibility, provide information and to improve the public service delivery. IPRI has partnered with Ministry of Law & Justice for the development of this dashboard…
Time to address Pakistan’s internal strife, as Afghanistan explodes and goes wayward
Pakistan is once again seized with the Afghan fall-out equation, as the United States exited the war-devastated country in a nightmarish mode. Washington has left behind dozens of unanswered questions…

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IPRI Update for the Month of July 2021 has been issued.
For details, visit: IPRI Update July 2021
The Afghan government points a finger at Pakistan in a tactic to divert attention from its own colossal failures.
As districts fall to the Taliban one after another without resistance, the government in Afghanistan has squarely put the blame on Pakistan for…