Research Assistants, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Muneeb Yousuf and Mohammad Usman Bhatti’s article ‘The Military Is Still Pulling the Strings in Pakistan’s Elections’ has been published in the Foreign Policy Magazine on 05 February 2024.

With opposition leader Imran Khan behind bars, the February 8 vote offers little hope for near-term stability, say the authors.

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Research Assistant–PoK Project, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Muneeb Yousuf and Research Assistant–PoK Digest Project (Urdu Media), MP-IDSA, Mr Mohammad Usman Bhatti’s article ‘Chill in the warmth’ has been published in The Telegraph Online on 3 January 2024. Taliban and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan are ideologically aligned and the latter helped Taliban during its fight against American forces, say Mr Yousuf and Mr Bhatti.

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Research Assistant–PoK Project, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Muneeb Yousuf and Research Assistant–PoK Digest Project (Urdu Media), MP-IDSA, Mr Mohammad Usman Bhatti’s commentary ‘Pakistan’s Growing Security Predicament’ has been published by the International Centre for Peace Studies on 24 December 2023.

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Research Assistants, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Mohd Usman Bhatti and Mr Muneeb Yousuf’s article ‘A Problem in the Making: Deepening Wheat Crisis in Gilgit-Baltistan and federal government's cold response’ has been published in Greater Kashmir, on 18 July 2023.