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Vaqar Ahmed* Yamna Arshad* Sustainable Development Policy Institute *Vaqar Ahmed ([email protected]) Yamna Arshad ([email protected]) Sustainable Development Policy Institute (www.sdpi.org) Economic Aid: Boon or Bane? particularly seen in the trade, transport and energy sectors. 1 This paper tries to offer three key arguments in the light of recent geopolitical history of Southern Asia. First, plans by […]

by Ahmad Rafay Alam* *The author is an environmental lawyer and partner at Saleem, Alam & Co. His email address is [email protected] The document titled National Water Policy published by the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of Pakistan is reported to have been approved by the Council of Common Interests (“CCI”) in its meeting held

by Ozer Khalid* *The author is a geo-strategist, a senior management consultant, a development sector director and an international journalist. Twitter follow @ozerkhalid and e-mail [email protected] Abstract The views expressed herein are a collation of expert opinions, and rigorously researched and referenced analysis, and unless or otherwise stated, do not necessarily represent the views of

by Yasser Latif Hamdani* *The author is a practicing lawyer based in Lahore. He is also the author of the book, “Jinnah; Myth or Reality.” His email address is [email protected] Abstract The complex set of events that led to the partition of India do not quite gel with the ideological and nationalist mythologies that the people

by Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI(M)* *The author is a retired Air Commodore of Pakistan Air Force and its former Assistant Chief of Air Staff. Presently he is Chairperson of Think Tank “Pakistan Focus”. A variant of this paper was read in an International Conference on Migration and Displacement (ICMD 17) November 14-16 2017;

by A. G. Noorani* *The author is an eminent Indian scholar and expert on constitutional issues. Abstract Jinnah stood up to Gandhi as early as in 1920; rejected his leadership; did not show deference to Nehru or to the British. Nehru and the Congress could brook no rival. They preferred partition to sharing power with

Syed Iftikhar Murshed passed away on 12 May 2018. He was a former Pakistani Ambassador to South Korea and Russia, Additional Foreign secretary for Afghanistan, author of the book: “Afghanistan: the Taliban Years” and over 200 op-ed articles and the Founder and publisher of this journal. Iftikhar Murshed had internalized a particular objective which would