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Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) held fourth expert consultation on June 9, 2022, titled “Supporting the Afghan peace process: Pakistan’s position, interests, and policy options” in Islamabad. The main themes of the consultation were “the TTP’s indefinite ceasefire and the role of the Taliban” and “can the Taliban deliver on governance, security, and intra-Afghan … Read more
Islamabad—The speakers at a consultation unanimously viewed that Pakistan needs to be “assertive” and should negotiate with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from the “position of strength.” Most participants were critical of the demand of proscribed TTP about reversal of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)’s merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). They said that Pakistan should … Read more
Press Release (June 6, 2022) Islamabad – Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) strongly condemns the derogatory remarks made against the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by leaders of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). We express our strong condemnation and denunciation over some disrespectful comments about the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) made by BJP leaders. … Read more
The Charter of Peace – Background Pakistan has achieved considerable success in its counter-terrorism endeavors in recent years, leading to an improved overall security environment. However, Pakistan’s counterterrorism campaign, since early 2000s, has been largely kinetic, or muscular, and less soft, or political. Experts agree that Pakistan needs to take a different, multi-dimensional approach to … Read more
With the growing cases of violent extremism and terrorism perpetuated by university students in Pakistan, a need has been felt to expand the efforts for countering violent extremism (CVE) in educational institutions. The role of faculty is critical in this regard as they have the power to shape minds of their students and to inspire … Read more
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Pakistan needs parliament-led revived national policy on Afghanistan which goes into the public domain for some discourse on it. Pakistan’s present policy lacks key ingredients to protect the country from possible fallout of the emerging Afghan situation which seems susceptible to an increased risk of conflict and violence or crisis. One key aspect of the … Read more
On 26 March 2022, PIPS launched a national report based on a year-long PIPS engagement with educated youth of Pakistan through training workshops and social action projects conducted across Pakistan. The report includes key findings obtained through observation and survey of the university students along with recommendation on how to make youth an agent of … Read more
Despite clear direction in National Action Plan to develop a more comprehensive counterterrorism strategy with a mix of hard and soft approaches, Pakistan has mostly relied on kinetic measures against terrorist and extremism. Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) initiated a project to promote soft approaches for CT and CVE and consulted multiple stakeholders to … Read more
After a year-long exercise to train university students on interfaith harmony and social peace, Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) selected a pool of 50 young observers to monitor freedom of faithviolations and hate speech. A two-day training and orientation session was conducted on 27-28 Marchin Islamabad where they were introduced to the web observatory … Read more