Background Papers

The purpose of this paper is to submit implementable policy options to Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Foreign Affairs. The paper highlights areas where Pakistan requires assistance to improve its education system by tackling existing issues in Pakistan’s primary, secondary and higher education levels. Issues include: the outdated data of education sector, poor […]

As a response to the Peshawar attack of 16th December 2014, the government of Pakistan formulated a nationwide counter-terrorism strategy in the form of the National Action Plan. The NAP was a multidimensional attempt to counter terrorism, in order to eradicate it completely. This study is an analysis of the National Action Plan that identifies

A strategic shift from focusing on spending a disproportionate amount of effort in curing the symptoms to identifying and eliminating the root causes is required to quell separatist movements emerging from Balochistan. Literature attributes the mobilization of these movements to reasons like the right of people to seek and achieve collective self-determination, self-defense and to

There are considerable amount of challenges which needed to be surmounted in order for the Iranian-Pakistan relationship to blossom. Historically, the relationship has been defined in terms of a divergence of alliances and national interests instead of strategic convergence despite shared historical and cultural values between both nations. Iran was one of the first states

As per the theory of New Public Management, a more managerial approach to administration yields better results and prompts the government departments to perform better. In the light of this theory, our study aims to improve the working of the foreign office of Pakistan. This will be a series of four papers, of which this

Climate Change is one of the most pressing issues the world faces today. The effects of climate change have seriously impacted various countries. Before constructing adequate response actions to deal with global warming, it is essential to have a background on the challenge of climate change. The logic of climate change is simple; the earth’s