PIPS Report 

Pakistan has yet to settle several basic constitutional questions. Other than the role of the military in politics, Islam, ethnicity, provincial autonomy...more

PIPS Report 

World powers, especially the US and Russia have always remained deeply interested in Balochistan because of its strategic location, a long coast of warm waters and huge mineral reserves...more

SAN Report

The All Parties Hurriat Conference (APHC) is marking its 15th birthday amid serious divide between its two factions that ironically continue to carry the same name...more

Aqeel Yousafzai

Around 31 activists of Awami National Party (ANP) were killed in Shabqadar area of Charsadda on February 9, 2008...more

Safdar Sial

Politics in Balochistan has mostly remained in the grip of tribal elders and nationalist parties. In Baloch tribal areas the Sardars and Nawabs are in actual fact the political parties and they serve as engines of political vehicle...more

SAN Report

The assassination of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto is likely to have far reaching impact on the results of 2008 elections...more

Security situation in Pakistan during 2007 remained highly unsatisfactory amid terrorist attacks throughout the year...more

The Election Commission of Pakistan has issued Elections 2008 schedule and the political parties, which were showing apathetic and cynical political behaviour after imposition of emergency, have now changed their stance...more