Blog 3 Columns

Pakistan’s Air Quality Control Programme: Beijing Case Study 0
- Blog
- March 3, 2021
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
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Smog knows no Boundaries – Can India and Pakistan Cooperate on Climate Change?0
- Blog
- March 3, 2021
Pakistan 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
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Blue Economy in danger: India’s nuclearization of the Indian Ocean 0
- Blog
- February 25, 2021
India 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
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A Case of Drugs in High Seas: Territorial Jurisdiction vs. National Security 0
- Blog
- February 24, 2021
To 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
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Pakistan and the Blue Economy: Potentials and Challenges 0
- Backgrounder
- February 23, 2021
What 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
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A Rundown Of Trump’s Impeachment Trials 0
- Blog
- February 19, 2021
WHAT 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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An Uneasy Relationship: the legal complexities between FATF and Pakistan 0
- Blog
- February 17, 2021
Pakistan has always had a tumultuous relationship with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) since 2008. The placement of Pakistan on its ‘Jurisdiction under Increased Monitoring’ list, also known as the ‘grey list’ is another mark in the long relationship between FATF and Pakistan. FATF is an international policy making body that has developed a
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Financial Action Task Force: an International Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Watchdog 0
- Blog
- February 15, 2021
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FEBRUARY 2021 PLENARY MEETING? On 25th February 2021, the taskforce stated that it decided to keep Pakistan on its grey list during the Plenary meeting. It also gave Pakistan time till June 2021 to complete the set of recommendations. Marcus Pleyer, President of FATF praised Pakistan’s progress, however, he also mentioned
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Controversial Colonialism: a broken society 0
- Backgrounder
- January 14, 2021
Historically, Article 35A was introduced through a Presidential Order in 1954 with regards to the old provisions of the territory regulations under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, 1954. Article 370 is also the constitutional provision that grants Kashmir its special status within India. When the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir Constitution was adopted in
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Pakistan’s Air Quality Control Programme: Beijing Case Study 0