Is making the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) autonomous likely to strengthen the dwindling economic security of Pakistan? The Federal Government has proposed to grant the SBP with absolute autonomy. Accordingly, a draft bill has been introduced i.e. the State Bank of Pakistan Amendment Bill, 2021 before the National Assembly. The amendment to the central
READ MOREIn 2008, Biden in a meeting with Hamid Karzai, the then President of Afghanistan claimed that Pakistan was 50 times more important than Afghanistan to the United States regional interest. However, whether the Biden Administration’s foreign policy in the context of Pakistan will be a continuation of that under the Obama and Trump Administration still
READ MOREJanuary 20th 2021 marked a new era for America. Joe Biden, a clean cut, non-controversial politician and the 47th vice president took over white house, defeating the notorious president Donald Trump. The two politicians share varying views on a number of topics. While Trump’s presidency has highlighted the country’s weaknesses and has damaged its standing
READ MOREThe National Security Division of Pakistan along with renowned think tanks and organizations such as the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies and Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad are hosting Islamabad security Dialogue on 17th and 18th March 2021. Islamabad dialogue will be Pakistan’s premier forum that will bring together
READ MOREIndia has initiated a different type of war against Pakistan, one which does not require the firing of a bullet or the use of a grenade. Rather, it is a war which involves pen and ink and the rules which one believes should bring about justice and public order. In other words, India has initiated
READ MOREThe Indian state is using lawfare as a state policy to advance its strategic interest against Pakistan and in the last decade or so, lawfare has become the sole focus of its foreign policy with the end goal of isolating Pakistan diplomatically and economically. It is essential that Pakistan devise a strategy and a policy
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