Dr Fawad Kaiser

In Pakistan, tax policy is often the art of the possible rather than the pursuit of the optimal. It is therefore not surprising that economic theory, especially optimal taxation literature, has had relatively little impact on the design of tax systems. In view of the tax policy issue today, Pakistan is advised by the International […]

Theoretically, terrorists’ success has two parallel effects on recruiting. On one hand, the positive effects of their actions can be measured by seeing the addition of more recruits to the list while, on the other hand, the negative effects can be measured in arrests, compromise of intelligence assets etc. Thus, when there is significant development […]

The current objectives in Pakistan are to gain insight about the mind of the terrorist, to conduct a review of impacts on the health of the population especially as a result of terrorist attacks and to discern the role that can be played by forensic psychiatry in emergencies caused by terrorist activities. These concerns are developed […]

Some weeks ago, the government imposed certain restrictions on an international non-governmental organisation (INGO) called Save the Children on the basis of an intelligence report on campaigns against key security interests in the country, ostensibly at the behest of foreign powers hostile to Pakistan’s progress. Suspending its first order, in which it sealed the offices […]

One of the biggest controversies surrounding punishment for terrorists is whether or not it is legal to use the death penalty against them. Although the letter of the 21st Amendment quite clearly restricts the use of the death penalty to cases of religiously motivated terrorism, the suspension of the moratorium has brought about the execution […]

Saudi Arabia is at present at the very heart of the global strategic power balance. Political sectarianism and terrorism sweeping through several neighbouring countries poses a grave challenge to the Kingdom. The initial premise is that even though the seeds of terrorism and political sectarianism are still relatively embryonic in Saudi Arabia, they have been […]

In the last few years, the environment for terrorism has changed immensely. Much like a virus, those who seek to harm have been able to adapt and evolve their strategies to plan heinous attacks. Terrorists do not fit a profile and cannot be plucked out of crowds by computers. Profiling communities in counter-terrorism efforts is […]

The policing profession is fraught with countless hazards, not the least of which is being killed in the line of duty. After the deaths of police and citizens, it is unquestionable that all lives matter. Former jail superintendent of Hyderabad police Aijaz Haider was killed two weeks ago when gunmen opened fire on his car […]

As an unpredictable general election approaches, some big names in politics can no longer be certain about holding onto their constituencies. And while the media tends to find out a lot about politicians before elections, we often hear little about what happens after members of parliament lose their seats in elections or through election tribunals. […]

A Saudi-led coalition has declared an end to four weeks of airstrikes in Yemen, saying the threat of Iran-backed rebels there had been removed and that operations were entering a political phase. However, it left open the option of resuming strikes if the movements of the Houthi rebels warranted them, while adding that a naval […]