Pakistan–India Relationship in 2015
To date, it seems premature to talk about qualitative changes or significant adjustment behaviour of India and Pakistan in relation to each other. But over the last year, during the rule of Narendra Modi in the Indian government...
Pakistan in the Yemen Crisis
On April 6, 2015, Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain convoked the 4th joint session of the two houses of parliament. The Pakistani Minister of Defence, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, addressed the parliament, speaking about the only question on the agenda. Namely, "security issues...
Pakistan and the situation in Yemen
On March 26, 2015, Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA appealed to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif requesting to join the coalition of Persian Gulf countries, headed by KSA against Yemen. Since March 26, 2015...
Pakistan and the situation in Yemen
On March 26, 2015, Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA appealed to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif requesting to join the coalition of Persian Gulf countries, headed by KSA against Yemen. Since March 26, 2015, the coalition air...
Pakistan: Results of the Upper House Elections
On 5 March 2015, deputies of provincial legislative assemblies elected senators to vacant seats of the Upper House of Parliament. The main political party, the oppositional Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML N received...
Pakistan: Elections to the Upper House of Parliament – Traditions and Challenges
Pakistan held elections to the Senate on 5 March 2015. A preliminary analysis of the results shows that they did not bring significant changes to the alignment of the main political forces in the Upper House of Parliament...
Pakistani-Chinese contribution to the Afghan national reconciliation
In February 2015, Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, suggested Beijing mediate in the peace talks between the official authorities in Kabul and the Taliban: "We will support the Afghan Government...
Pakistan-India: New Phase of Nuclear Tensions
"Pakistan reserves the right to safeguard its national security interests; the operationalisation of Indo-US nuclear deal for political and economic expediencies would have a detrimental impact on deterrence stability in South Asia," the foreign...
Pakistan and India: the Tension Grows
Islamabad and New Delhi marked the new year of 2015 with regular Pakistani-Indian cross-border skirmishes, both on the Line of Control, and in certain sectors of the Working Border. The clashes have intensified in late December 2014, and the confrontation on the...
Pakistan: Fight for Tougher Anti-Terrorism Legislation
The terrorist attack on December 16, 2014 at a secondary school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has convinced the military and political leadership of Pakistan to take urgent measures to curb extremism. One of the first steps was the lifting by Prime...
Pakistan: Militants and Islamic State
In November 2014, Mr. Nisar, the Federal Minister of Interior of Pakistan, ruled out the possibility of presence of the militants of the terrorist organisation “Islamic State” (“IS” in the territory of Pakistan. According to the Pakistani media, such “soothing” statement was...
Pakistan and the post-2014 Afghan Scenario
The post-2014 Afghan scenario is the project of two interrelated trends: reduced attention to Afghanistan by world powers, and as a consequence, its transition into a regional channel. The vacuum formed after the withdrawal of the main US/NATO coalition forces...