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EFSAS Commentary

EFSAS Commentary

 

Weekly analytical commentary - EFSAS Commentary -  by the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) on news, current affairs and political developments in South Asia.  

Publication: Plight of the Pakistani Electorate: Wedged between attacks of the Islamic State and intimidation by the Military Establishment

Plight of the Pakistani Electorate: Wedged between attacks of the Islamic State and intimidation by the Military Establishment

In a barbaric suicide attack on an election rally in Mastung in Balochistan province on 13 July, a suicide…
Publication: New weapons of Pakistani Military Establishment ahead of Elections: Judicial Coup & Mainstreaming of Terrorists

New weapons of Pakistani Military Establishment ahead of Elections: Judicial Coup & Mainstreaming of Terrorists

An accountability court in Pakistan on 6 July sentenced deposed PM Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the PML-N,…
Publication: Deadly attack on Sikhs in Afghanistan and rise of IS in the region

Deadly attack on Sikhs in Afghanistan and rise of IS in the region

On 1 July 2018, a suicide attack carried out in the Afghan city of Jalalabad claimed the lives of at…
Publication: Mullah Fazlullah killed in a US Drone Strike: Afghan President asks Pakistan to reciprocate

Mullah Fazlullah killed in a US Drone Strike: Afghan President asks Pakistan to reciprocate

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Muhammed Khorasani in a statement on 23 June acknowledged that the…
Publication: OHCHR Report on Kashmir: ‘Remote Monitoring’ fraught with serious methodological and analytical flaws

OHCHR Report on Kashmir: ‘Remote Monitoring’ fraught with serious methodological and analytical flaws

The OHCHR report has serious methodological, factual and analytical shortcomings that render its correctness,…
Publication: Merger of FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Pakistan snubs Right to Self-Determination

Merger of FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Pakistan snubs Right to Self-Determination

The FATA, a grossly under-developed and poverty-stricken Pashtun-dominated region of Pakistan, has been…
Publication: Paranoia of the Pakistani Military Establishment spells danger for the country

Paranoia of the Pakistani Military Establishment spells danger for the country

The establishment, which is known to stand by and protect its own, reacted uncharacteristically harshly…
Publication: Gilgit Baltistan Reforms Order 2018; China, CPEC and Pakistani Colonization

Gilgit Baltistan Reforms Order 2018; China, CPEC and Pakistani Colonization

Members walked out of the Assembly while tearing copies of the new Order joining thousands of protesters…