In wake of the government’s agreement with the IMF for reviving its $6 billion loan, it had committed to granting autonomous status to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). For this purpose, the SBP Act, 1956 is being amended through the SBP (Amendment) Act, 2021 for enhanced central bank autonomy, price stability, and accountability. Although
READ MOREThe ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been strongly campaigning for the last many months to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the next elections despite opposition parties’ disagreement over the introduction of this technology in the electoral process. The use of EVMs was approved by the joint session of the Parliament; however, questions come to
READ MOREOver the past few years cybercrimes and offenses have emerged as a major threat to cyberspaces of states. Hence cybersecurity is gradually becoming a matter of national security for states. Quite recently, the Pegasus hacking spyware scandal prompted the Pakistani Government to formalize its first ever National Cyber Security Policy. Previous initiatives such as the
READ MOREThe Government announced that an agreement had been reached with the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) after negotiations were held between the two parties. While one of the central demands of the TLP was the expulsion of the French ambassador from Pakistan, it seems to be an achievement for the government that they managed to persuade the
READ MOREThe lack of bipartisan consensus on the new bill introduced to implement the judgment of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) decision on Kulbhushan Jadhav reflects a substandard understanding of the national security paradigm in Pakistan. Adversarial states like India want Pakistan to be in defiance of the judgment of ICJ so a pathway for
READ MOREWhile many may hold the belief that a far-right religious group is powerless when pitted against one of the nuclear states in the world, the reality in the case of Pakistan is quite different. Tahreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan seems to comprise the capability to extract concessions from the Pakistani government every time it marches towards Islamabad. Most
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