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Pakistan’s 'Hard State' Strategy: Repression Over Resolution
Mar 28, 2025

Pakistan’s 'Hard State' Strategy: Repression Over Resolution

The crisis in Balochistan escalates as Pakistan’s military crackdown grows harsher, suppressing activists and disregarding political solutions in fa

Debt ad Infinitum: Pakistan’s Macroeconomic Catastrophe
May 31, 2023

Debt ad Infinitum: Pakistan’s Macroeconomic Catastrophe

This paper dissects the causes behind Pakistan’s ongoing economic crisis. The causes include dwindling forex reserves, the phenomenon of ‘galloping inflation’, a falling Pakistani Rupee, uncompetitive and undiversified export basket, burgeoning external debt, lack of fiscal prudence, debt distress, and a worsening business environment—all cascading to a balance of payment crisis. While austerity measures, appeals for loan rollover to debt

The Ex Who Won’t Go Away
Dec 03, 2024

The Ex Who Won’t Go Away

An imprisoned Imran Khan directing street protests is a thorn in Pakistan army’s side. The political instability deepens Islamabad’s ‘polycrisis’