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
The recent US House Foreign Affairs Committee (HAFC) Hearing on Pakistan’s general elections and the future bilateral relations offers valuable insights into the evolving dynamics of US-Pakistan relations. The Hearing emphasised that both countries should collaborate in democratic consolidation, economic partnership, counterterrorism,
There have been a series of exchanges between Pakistan and the United States in the past few weeks. Many questions are lingering, given the visible freeze in the bilateral relationship, especially after the withdrawal of the American and NATO troops from Afghanistan.
By Andrew Korybko, Moscow-based American political analyst04 Febuarary 2021 Three important developments late last year prove that Russian-Pakistani relations are moving in the right direction. The first was the latest joint military drills that took place in the middle of November. This
Pakistan is looking for a positive change under Biden and hopes he will, unlike Trump, address its concerns on regional instability and India’s revisionist policies The Pakistan-US relationship, long dominated by strategic concerns, can be more productive if they work on larger
International relations are taking new shape with China’s rise and Russia’s resurgence. States, in new political map, are trying to exploit opportunities for their common good. Russia, in South Asia, is considered to be an important pillar of political structure because of
General Pakistan-US relation has evolved over the years. It is both a strategic and a transactionary relation – a paradox of international relations that has analysts across the board entangled into understanding this complicated relation. Prior to the US elections, IPRI in
Irritants in Pakistan-US Relations: Way Forward Pakistan would seem to be a natural partner for the United States. But as Pakistani diplomats and scholars assert in this new volume, the relationship between the two countries has underperformed its potential. They argue that
Post-Event Report One-Day Seminar on “Evolving Regional Dynamics and Future of Pakistan-Russia Relations” Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) organized a One-Day Seminar on “Evolving Regional Dynamics and Future of Pakistan-Russia Relations” on 02 May 2019, at the IPRI conference hall. The
