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The February FATF Plenary has ended with the expected outcome: Pakistan has done “well” but not “well enough”. In other words, Pakistan remains on the FATF grey...
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Media was rife with reports last week about the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopting a Pakistan-sponsored resolution on the peoples’ right of self-determination titled “Universal realization...
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The most important challenge for Indian diplomacy on the festering conflict in Kashmir is to ensure that it is not raised at any forum outside India. Any discussion...
From Conflict to Peace: Recalibrating Pak-Afghan Relations
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Recently, it was announced that, Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan, will visit Kabul later this month. This would be PM Khan's first official visit to Afghanistan...
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The June 15, 2020 clash between India and China is fittingly in-line with a famous saying, “Imprudence is a moral failing of sorts, but alas it ranks...
Mapping Prospects and Roadblocks in the Afghan Peace Process
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Two positive developments in recent days have raised hopes after weeks of uncertainty that the implementation of the Taliban-U.S. peace deal signed in Doha, Qatar on February 29...
Exclusive Interview with the President Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sardar Masood Khan
Sardar Masood Khan is the 14th President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. A career diplomat, Masood Khan was Pakistan’s Permanent Representative in the United Nations missions in New York...
Pakistan’s Peace Narrative and Pak-U.S. Relations: Time for a Revisionist Discourse
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Doha, a city in the thick of geopolitics of the GCC since 2017, played host to several rounds of talks between the United States and the...
Afghanistan’s Unprecedented but Narrow Window For Peace
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One month ago, after more than a year of complex and fraught negotiations, the U.S. government and the Taliban signed a landmark agreement. The deal sets out a...
Oral History Interview with Amb.Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
Amb. Shamshad Ahmad Khan is Pakistan's former Foreign Secretary, who currently is the Chairman of the Lahore Center For Peace Research (LCPR). In his illustrious 4-decade long career, he...
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