Islamabad: 22 November 2018 Role of Pakistani Media in the context of National Security and National Security was extensively discussed in a one-day conference organized by a leading think tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies. Some of the speakers were very critical of the role Pakistani media has been playing regarding national…
Terror Marching; Deaths and Injuries Escalate Islamabad: 2/12/2018 Violence continues to escalate in Pakistan as militants managed to inflict more human losses. An Islamabad based independent think tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) in its monthly report revealed that November witnessed substantial increase in deaths and injuries though number of attacks…
The attack on Chinese Consulate in Karachi on 23rd November 2018 was claimed by a militant group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). Spokesman of BLA Jeehand Baloch said that the attack was carried out by Fidayeen Majeed Brigade. After his claim, a lot of queries have been received at PICSS and people have been searching the…
Director General PICSS and head of Silk Roads Institute (SRI) France signing Memorandum of Understanding for mutual cooperation at PICSS head office Islamabad.
PICSS -Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security STUDIES signed and NUST Global Think Tanks Network (GTTN) signed an MoU of mutual cooperation on January 25,2018. Director General PICSS Major General (R) Muhammad Saad Khattak and President NUST-GTTN Amir Hashmi signed the MoU. Both the entities aim to compliment each other in pursuit of quality research…
On 21 August, US President Donald Trump announced new US South Asian policy. President Trump cleared the way for the deployment of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan while pillorying ally Pakistan for offering safe haven to “agents of chaos”. “My instinct was to pull out,” Trump admitted. But following months of discussion, Trump said…
A day after Rohani won his second term as president of Iran, at least five mortar shells fired from Iran landed into Chaghi area of Balochistan. When the mortars were being fired, American president Donal Trump was in Saudi Arabia where he criticized Iran. Pakistani Prime Minister and former Chief of Army Staff and head…
A suspected US drone strike on a house in a remote tribal area bordering Afghanistan has killed at least seven militants, Pakistan security officials said Thursday. If confirmed the attack would be the second drone raid under the administration of United States President Donald Trump. The suspected strike happened on Wednesday in the Lawara Mandi…
At least eight Iranian border guards were killed in clashes with armed rebels Wednesday on the frontier with Pakistan, Iranian state television IRIB said on its website. It said the clashes broke out in the Mirjaveh region of Sistan-Baluchistan province, without giving details. Iranian media reports that the Jaish al-Adl militant group, accused by Tehran…
While addressing a conference on International Security being held at Moscow, Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif on Wednesday said the Kashmir issue was a strategic flashpoint in south Asia and if left unresolved, the dispute had potential to threaten stability and peace of the entire region. He said that 21st century was an era of…
