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2018: Another Year of Decline in Anti-State Violence
Islamabad
2018 saw a remarkable reduction of 45 percent in the
militant attacks in Pakistan. A...
DAESH’s Operational Capabilities in AF-Pak region
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Govt Indecisive about Dealing JuD
Govt Indecisive about Dealing JuD
On 17 Oct, an official of Punjab home department told a...
Ambiguity about US Intentions impediment in peace: PICSS Round table on Afghanistan
Round Table discussion on the present situation of Afghanistan and future peace options under arrangements...
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MOU Signed Between PICSS and AGAHI
AGAHI and Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) have agreed to jointly execute...
Efforts at reviving militancy
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Implementing National Action Plan; An Assessment
Pakistan’s new counter-terrorism policy measure known as National Action Plan (NAP) has yielded mixed results....
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CYCLING TOUR
Radd-ul-Fasaad: Now or Never
While the government has come quite heavily against sectarian violence and religious persecution, it clearly failed to initiate any meaningful initiative to reform our...
Jamat-ul-Ahrar the most potent group fighting against Pakistan
On April 17, 2017, Director General of Inter Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) revealed in a press briefing that head of Jamat-ul-Ahrar’s media commission...
Round Table Discussion With Centro Studi Internatzionali Delegation
A roundtable discussion with visiting delegation of Centro Studi Internazionali (Ce.S.I), Italy, was held on 24 April 2017 at PICSS office in Islamabad. Ce.S.I...
Governance And Security Issues Of Karachi; Can There Be More Federal Ownership – A...
Executive Summary
On 28th March 2017,The Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) organized a one day seminar, titled “Governance and Security Issues of...
TENNIS
2017 – Balochistan witnesses surge in militant attacks. Overall security saw...
Unlike previous two years, the year 2017 could not saw a significant reduction in anti-State violence. Instead, the year saw more suicide attacks than...
This so-called status quo in security situation in the year could be attributed to various external and internal factors including renewed support to anti-Pakistan elements operating from Afghanistan and the government in Islamabad losing focus of its counter-extremism strategy, i.e. National Action Plan, due to political maneuverings of the opposition parties resulting in ouster of the sitting prime minister.
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DAESH in Pakistan and Afghanistan latest position
On Saturday June 3, 2017, Pakistani security forces cordoned off an area Koh-e-Maran (Maran
Mountains) in Mastung district of Balochistan. Forces had received an intelligence...
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LATEST ARTICLES
2018: Another Year of Decline in Anti-State Violence
Islamabad
2018 saw a remarkable reduction of 45 percent in the
militant attacks in Pakistan. A study conducted by an Islamabad-based
independent think tank Pakistan Institute for...
PAKISTAN SECURITY ASSESMENT 2017
Pakistan, in last 2-3 years, has made a notable stride in fighting terrorism in the country manifested in the reduction of terrorist attacks and improvement in the security situation yet there is sufficient evidence...
