Pakistan Politics

Declaring the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as Fitna al Khawarji will neither delegitimise the TTP nor diminish the threat it poses.

• Ashish Shukla
• August 07, 2024
• Issue Brief

The US factor remained a quintessential element in the 2024 Pakistan elections, given the Pakistan diaspora, the US Congress’ Pakistan Caucus and the PTI pressure groups.

• Priyanka Singh
• March 26, 2024
• Issue Brief

पाकिस्तान के इतिहास और उसके समक्ष उपस्थित चुनौतियों के देखते हुए इस बात के कयास लगाए जा रहे हैं कि शाहबाज़ शरीफ की सरकार भी शायद ही अपना निर्धारित कार्यकाल पूर्ण कर सके|

• Ashish Shukla
• March 20, 2024
• Issue Brief

The fragmented mandate will further exacerbate Pakistan’s many political, economic and security challenges.

• Nazir Ahmad Mir , Smruti S. Pattanaik
• February 23, 2024 Facebook Twitter
• Issue Brief

उच्चतम न्यायालय द्वारा अनुच्छेद 62(1)(f) की पुनर्व्याख्या ने नवाज़ शरीफ के चुनाव लड़ने और सार्वजानिक पदों पर आसीन होने के मार्ग की सबसे बड़ी बाधा को हटा दिया है| सुरक्षा अधिष्ठानों के परोक्ष समर्थन के कारण उनकी सत्ता में वापसी की संभावनाएं बलवती हैं|

• Ashish Shukla
• January 18, 2024
• Issue Brief

Pakistan's most critical foreign policy concerns in the last few years relate to the deadlock in relations with India and India's success in isolating Pakistan regionally and internationally due to its support for terrorism. The success of its peace overtures to Afghanistan are constrained by various complexities arising out of the unpredictable situation in Afghanistan and the role of external powers like the US, China and Russia in the ongoing peace process.

• Sumita Kumar
• 2019
• IDSA Occasional Papers

• Pakistan Project Report
• 2014
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• Sumita Kumar
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• IDSA Occasional Papers

Pakistan is going through a multifaceted political crisis with political elites not able to evolve a consensus on a range of issues, including the conduct of general elections.

• Ashish Shukla
• September 25, 2023
• Issue Brief

Pakistan’s political culture has become not conducive for democratic politics, at a time when the country is faced with the possibility of economic default and increasing attacks of insurgent groups from within.

• Ashok K. Behuria
• May 22, 2023
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