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  • Implementing ICJ’s judgment on Jhadav – A question of National Security?0

    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

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  • State versus TLP0

    While 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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  • The Legitimacy Conundrum – Pakistan and Tehreek-e-Taliban’s Agreement0

    Pakistan 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

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  • Pakistan Negotiations with TTP and TLP0

    Negotiations 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

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  • Governing Crypto Currencies-Regulations around the World0

    An 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

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  • The Evolution of Cryptocurrencies0

    Cryptocurrency 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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  • Can Crypto Be the End of Currencies as We Know it?0

    Emerging from the barter system, money has taken hold of all aspects of our lives. It controls every transaction made by us. Being almost as old as trade itself, money is a permanent feature of the world now. Although, never been questioned before as the norm, there is a change materializing with a new type

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  • Is Pakistan ready for cryptocurrency?0

    Despite the debate over banning cryptocurrency, it is no secret that cryptocurrency has become increasingly popular in Pakistan, especially Bitcoin. Interestingly, Binance, which is a cryptocurrency exchange, is the fourth most downloaded app in Pakistan. The ban by the State Bank of Pakistan has little relevance as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has also announced plans

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  • A false promise?0

    A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the government of Dubai to enhance estate development, build infrastructure, industrial parks, IT towers in Indian occupied Kashmir. This development comes at a time when the region is seeing a resurgence in state violence and restrictions. This event is an

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