Pakistan’s air quality according to recent World Health Organization’s guidelines is considered to be unsafe. However, poor air quality is not synonymous to Pakistan only. In early 1990s, Beijing’s air quality was considered to be poor. In 1998, the Government of China launched an intensified air pollution control programme which has been successful in drastically
READ MOREPakistan and India share some of the most polluted cities in the world between them, it is time for the two south Asian nations to cooperate on climate change as the future of 1.5 billion people is at stake. It may be interesting to note here that in 2017 alone, 128,000 Pakistanis and 1.2 million
READ MOREIndia in pursuit of military dominance in South Asia has started nuclearizing the Indian ocean threatening international peace and security. Indian ocean provides access to Australia, East Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Its importance and significance for international trade is enormous. While there are plenty of traditional and non-traditional threats in the Indian ocean
READ MORETo what extent does a country have the right to exercise territorial jurisdiction in international water? A Special Court of Mumbai on February 15, 2021 rejected the deportation plea of eight Pakistani nationals who were caught by the Indian Coast Guard off the Gujarat coast in 2015 in a drug case. The accused have filed
READ MOREWhat Is Blue Economy? The Blue Economy is a new concept which encourages better stewardship of the ocean and its resources. It highlights the close ties between the ocean, climate change and the wellbeing of the population. It is also highlighted by the United Nations SDG 14 ‘life below water’. The blue economy model aims
READ MOREWHAT IS IMPEACHMENT? The Constitution of the United States of America provides in Article I, Section 2 that the House of Representatives ‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’ and Article I,Section 3 states ‘Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments… but no person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two-thirds
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The Centre for Law and Security (CLAS) is a non-partisan policy research institution that aims to define the future of national security in Pakistan
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