IPRI Journal

Summer 2008,Volume VIII, Number2

Contents 

Articles

1.    NATO in Afghanistan: Outlook and Challenges                                               1
       Dr Maqsudul Hasan Nuri 

2.    Pakistan-India Trade: Route to Intra-regional and Inter-regional                   19
       Connectivity
       Dr Rashid Ahmad Khan 

3.    Nuclear Iran and Regional Security: An Iranian Perspective                          33
       Dr Amir Sajedi 

4.    Pakistan’s Trading Relations with Central Asia (1991-2007)                         45
       Dr Ahmad Rashid Malik 

5.    Foreign Investment in Complexity of Globalisation and                                 62
 Socio-Political Economy: A Case Study of Balochistan
 Dr Musarrat Jabeen 

6.    World Bank Mediation on Baglihar Dam: Implications for                              80
       Pakistan-India Relations
       Amer Rizwan

Book Reviews
 

1.    Benazir Bhutto, Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West                 101
       Dr Maqsudul Hasan Nuri 

2.    Ambassador Arshad Sami Khan (retd), Three Presidents and                       103
       an Aide 
       Dr Rashid Ahmad Khan 

3.    Yasmin Khan, The Great Partition: The Making of India and                       105
       Pakistan                                                                                                           
       Dr Noor ul Haq 

4.    Shahid Javed Burki, Changing Perceptions, Altered Reality:                       108
       Pakistan’s Economy Under Musharraf, 1999-2006 
       Dr Ahmad Rashid Malik 

5.    Bassam Tibi, Political Islam, World Politics and Europe:                             111
       Democratic Peace and Euro-Islam versus Global Jihad
       Dr M. Nasrullah Mirza 

6.    Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes, The Three Trillion Dollar                 114
       War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict
       Mustansar Billah

7.    Adeeb Khalid, Islam after Communism: Religion and Politics                       117
       in Central Asia 
       Farhat Akram 

8.    Josef Joffe, Überpower: The Imperial Temptation of America                     119
       Muhammad Asif Nawaz 

9.    Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, Brig (retd) Muneer Mahmud and                              122
 Mustansar Billah, Pakistan and Changing Scenario:
 Regional and Global
 Ghulam Sarwar
 

Documents

1.     English Rendering of President’s Address to the Nation                                  125

2.     President’s Address at World Economic Forum                                               128

3.     President’s Address at Royal United Services Institute London                        131   

4.     President’s Address at a Lunch with Business Executives in Davos                  137

5.     Pakistan-Yemen Joint Statement                                                                  141   

6.     Pakistan-India MoU on Air Service Agreement                                               143

7.     OIC Summit Adopts Revised Charter, Expresses Strong Support                     143   

  on Kashmir

8.     Supreme Court Validates Proclamation of Emergency and PCO                        145   

9.     Manifestos of Political Parties                                                                      148

10.   General Elections 2008 Results                                                                     156   

11.   General Elections 2008 Results after Nomination of Reserved Seats                157

12.   English Translation of Prime Minister’s Address to the Parliament                  157

13.   Human Rights Council Adopts Two Important Initiatives Sponsored                 165
        by Pakistan                                                                                        

14.   Pakistan-China Joint Statement                                                                    166 
  

15.   Pakistan Fulfils its Pledge by Ratifying International Covenant on                   168

        Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), Signing the

        International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and

        Convention against Torture (CAT)
 

16.   Pakistan-India Fourth Round of Composite Dialogue: Foreign Minister            169

        Level Review
                                                                                              

17.   Pakistan-Afghanistan Foreign Ministers Joint Press Statement                       172   

18.   Prime Minister’s Speech on Defence Budget                                                  173   

19.   Minister in-charge Finance’s Budget Speech                                                  174

20.   Pakistan-India Judicial Committee’s Joint Press Statement                            190