NIAS Area Studies


PAKISTAN READER

NIAS Area Studies: Pakistan

Pakistan Reader, as an Area Studies initiative at NIAS, aims to study contemporary Pakistan through the following verticals: social, political, cultural, external and security, with a special focus on economy, energy and S&T.

NIAS Pakistan Reader is also a capacity-building exercise. It aims to nurture young scholars in India working on Pakistan and build a network of Pakistan scholars worldwide. It also organizes regular workshops for young scholars to improve their skills and understanding of contemporary Pakistan.

NIAS-PR publishes a Daily Brief, Pakistan Weekly, Pakistan Monitor monthly and regular analysis – comments and essays. It also conducts an online course on contemporary Pakistan.

Regular Publications

December 2024

Pakistan Monitor, Vol.01, No.09, December 2024

Pakistan Reader 2024: Our Monthly Publications

About our Publications: Daily and Monthly We have been covering Pakistan on a daily basis. We publish a daily brief that provides our readers an update of major developments in Pakistan by 1400 hrs every day, along with important editorials and opinions published in leading dailies from Pakistan - Dawn,...

Pakistan: Continuing Disappearances in Balochistan 

In the news On 24 November, Dawn reported that the Chairman of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) Nasarullah Baloch along with Vice Chairman Mama Qadeer Baloch addressed a press conference highlighting the sit-in protest in Awaran against the disappearance of political activist Diljan Baloch. The...

Polio: Why is Pakistan vaccine hesitant?

On 15 November, a new case of polio was identified from Balochistan which made the total number of cases in the country to reach 49. The case was reported from Jaffarabad, a small district from Balochistan, that joined the infamous list of provinces encountering positive cases of polio. Province wise,...

Government fails to meet public debt target

In Focus Government fails to meet public debt target  On 5 February, The News International reported that the government has been unable to fulfill its promise to the parliament regarding the reduction in total public debt under the Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation Act. This...

About the team

Research Assistant, NIAS

Research Assistant

Research Assistant

PhD Scholar

PhD Scholar