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Déjà Vu in Pakistan

Feb 8, 2024 | openthemagazine.com | Shuja Nawaz

AS 128.58 MILLION registered voters got ready to go to polls on February 8, many inside Pakistan and abroad were wondering if this would be a fraught exercise yet again. Would the election be fixed, as it appears to have been done in the past? And what will be the end result for the people of Pakistan? The last time Pakistan went to polls in 2018, the military’s reported favourite was Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Déjà Vu in Pakistan

Feb 8, 2024 | t.ly | Shuja Nawaz

AS 128.58 MILLION registered voters got ready to go to polls on February 8, many inside Pakistan and abroad were wondering if this would be a fraught exercise yet again. Would the election be fixed, as it appears to have been done in the past? And what will be the end result for the people of Pakistan? The last time Pakistan went to polls in 2018, the military’s reported favourite was Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Military influence and political peril in Pakistan

Jan 5, 2024 | news.nestia.com | Shuja Nawaz

Author: Shuja Nawaz, Atlantic CouncilPakistan found itself in an economic crisis in 2023. Inflation raged around 40 per cent, power shortages were frequent, while exports, remittances and foreign direct investments all dwindled. Political conflict intensified and the military increased its involvement in both economic and political affairs. ……
Military influence and political peril in Pakistan

Jan 5, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Shuja Nawaz |Allison Alexy |Emma Whitmyer |Edward Aspinall

Author: Shuja Nawaz, Atlantic CouncilPakistan found itself in an economic crisis in 2023. Inflation raged around 40 per cent, power shortages were frequent, while exports, remittances and foreign direct investments all dwindled. Political conflict intensified and the military increased its involvement in both economic and political affairs.
A conversation with Fawad Chaudhry, senior member of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf

May 3, 2023 | atlanticcouncil.org | Uzair Muhammad Younus |Shuja Nawaz

SouthAsiaSource Mar 22, 2023 Experts react: Elections postponed in Pakistan’s Punjab province By South Asia Center and other experts On March 22, 2023, the Election Commission of Pakistan announced a decision to delay elections in Punjab, the country’s most populous province. We asked experts to react to this decision....
For Pakistan to prosper, it must invest in its children

Apr 13, 2023 | dawn.com | Shuja Nawaz

For Pakistan to prosper, it must invest in its children Poor governance and self-serving elites have deprived Pakistan of the chance of becoming an upper-middle income country. Shuja Nawaz Published Updated April 13, 2023 11:23am Pakistan remains one of the more important countries in the region, occupying a very strategic location overlooking the Gulf and the Arabian Sea, and abutting Afghanistan, Iran, China, and India.
Pakistan on the brink of economic collapse

Apr 6, 2023 | asiatimes.com | Shuja Nawaz

Pakistan is on the edge of defaulting on its financial obligations. In 2022, climate change led to severe floods in the country and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affected food and energy supply chains. Both events exacerbated Pakistan’s economic difficulties. But volatile politics have hamstrung any coherent government response. Pakistan is simultaneously trying to cope with several economic and political crises. Pakistan’s dysfunctional political system and self-serving elites are largely to blame.
The unfinished efforts against terrorism and militancy in Pakistan

Mar 31, 2023 | atlanticcouncil.org | Shuja Nawaz

Extremism National Security Pakistan Rule of Law Security & Defense South Asia Terrorism The unfinished efforts against terrorism and militancy in Pakistan Introduction Terrorism has reemerged in Pakistan; since August of 2021, attacks have spiked approximately 50 percent, with Voice of America reporting that “violence claimed by or blamed on the TTP [Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan] and other militant groups killed almost 1,000 Pakistanis, including nearly 300 security forces, in some 376...