The 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
READ MOREPakistan Government has announced a series of confidence-building measures with non-state actors such as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which have bought an array of legitimacy questions to the forefront. Firstly, can the state of Pakistan enter into agreements through the executive (Government of Pakistan)? And secondly, are these agreements legally enforceable? These are complex questions as
READ MORENegotiations with insurgents such as TTP have been a common practice in Pakistan for almost the past two decades. The outcomes of these negotiations have garnered mixed views on whether or not it is a desired course of action. With the failure of every single peace deal since 2004, we reach a point where it
READ MOREAn intriguing question at this stage is perhaps is crypto currency actually digital currency? Now let us explore the answer to this question in this article. It must be highlighted here that many countries refuse to actually refer to crypto or digital currency as ‘currency’ for that matter.Their stance is that it is a commodity
READ MORECryptocurrency today is on the rise, gradually rising to the forefronts of global economic discussions. Many of us may be familiar with the idea, however with its sudden rise to popularity one has to think about where it first started and came about. Its emergence as a currency is a very recent development, 2009 saw
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