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Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 May 2024

Local villagers were ignoring the ban on the production, use and trafficking of drugs, announced by Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada in April 2022. The Taliban…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 April 2024

The two parties associated with him are currently in the minority in the unicameral legislature. Muizzu came to power after winning last year’s presidential race. He was a…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 23 May 2024

A key driving factor was soaring government consumption ahead of the February general election, which included the race to succeed Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo as president, won by…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 27 July 2018

Shehbaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which governed prior to the National Assembly’s dissolution in May, has come second and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s Pakistan…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 December 2023

The theme it has chosen for its chairmanship is ‘enhancing connectivity and resilience’. The reference to ‘resilience’ is apt, as Laos is attempting to manage severe economic…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 30 January 2024

Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) or PML(N) party and a three-time former prime minister, appears to have the backing of the politically powerful…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 26 July 2024

Two days later, the government confirmed that it would implement the revised system. In the week leading up to the court hearing, numerous people were killed in protest-related…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 June 2018
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Prospects for Pakistan to end-2018

Prospects for Pakistan in the second half of 2018.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 26 September 2018

Military influence in Pakistan.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 February 2024

The elections, resulting in a fractured mandate and marred by allegations of rigging, have increased polarisation. Separately, Pakistan’s nine-month, roughly USD3bn Stand-By…

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