From 13-14 November 2019, the Islamabad Policy Research Institute hosted delegates from 14 countries with the desire to provide a platform to stimulate academic/policy discussions on issues related to peace and development in the SAMECA region at its flagship Margalla Dialogue on Peace and Development…

Ambassador (R) Ashraf Jahangir Qazi, Former Pakistan High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to US and China in an eloquent and thought-provoking webinar on “Humanitarian Assistance amid the COVID-19 Lockdown in Indian-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK): International Response to the Clampdown” ,…

The United States-Taliban peace agreement signed in Doha, despite its significance, cannot be deemed substantial enough for creating sustainable peace in war-ravaged Afghanistan. Afghanistan is home to various ethnicities and has witnessed a history of insurrections and presently, lack of cordial relations…

The Islamabad Policy Research Institute organized the third Counter Terrorism Moot on “Effects of War against Terrorism on Pakistan’s Economy & Measures for its Revival” here in the capital today. The CT Moot, was chaired by Mr Waqar Masood Khan, former Secretary…

The Kashmir issue, one of the mainstays of Pakistan’s foreign policy, 70 years later still remains the oldest unresolved dispute in the United Nations because of India’s criminal denial of the right of self-determination to the valorous Kashmiris. Speakers today at the…

In a Symposium on Fallout of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 & National Population Register (NPR), organized by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute, here in the capital today, speakers discussed how the CAA is the latest move in a series of steps…

The menace of terrorism, which is often politically motivated, has bedeviled Pakistan for decades, despite successful kinetic operations against militant outfits. The aftermath of years of war on terror, man-made and natural disasters, ethnic and sectarian conflicts, poverty, inequality and injustice have…

This was the conclusion of the Guest Lecture on ‘China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Prospects of Distance & E-Learning for Human Development’ organised by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute, here in the capital today. The lecture, by Dr Nazir Ahmed Sangi, former Vice Chancellor,…

Margalla Dialogue'19 The Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) plans to launch a new initiative called the Margalla Dialogue. The Dialogue distinguishes itself in its objectives, composition and content from the conventional academic conferences being held each year in Pakistan. Unlike these academic-oriented…