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January 13, 2012

Reading political contestation in Pakistan’s Swat valley – From deliberation to ‘the political’ and beyond
by Urs Geiser

Please click here to view abstract and highlights.

October 11, 2011

Mr. Waqar-ul-Hassan Tareen, M.Sc. student (RP2 - Livelihood Futures) has succesfully defended his Master thesis. His thesis explored different kinds of Social Safety Nets (SSNs) and farmers perceptions regarding access and usefulness of these SSNs in Battagram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Click here to download full thesis 2.5 MB

October 3, 2011

"AGRICULTURAL extension service is under criticism in Pakistan. Let us have the viewpoint of an extension officer: “I have meagre time for the fanners. Few months back we were assigned the duty to work with the police to grab the kite flyers in city, and then we monitored Sasti Roti Scheme Tandoors and during Ramazan we have to take care of Ramzan Bazaars. I may be deputed any time at any place for a job I am not trained for and was not selected for”, a senior officer of Department of Agriculture (Extension), Government of the Punjab said. Read full article in 'Daily The Nation" by Dr Babar Shahbaz And Dr Tanvir Ali

September 24, 2011

Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Jan. M.Phil Student NCCR WP2, has defended his M.Phil Thesis.

Jan, Mushtaq Ahmad (2011). Socio-economic Analysis of Timber Trade in the NWFP, with Special Reference to Stakeholder Analysis in Malakand Region. M.Phil Thesis, Institute of Social Work, Sociology and Gender Studies, Univeristyh of Peshawar. Pakistan.

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August 17, 2011

The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) is holding its Fourteenth Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) from 13—15 December 2011 in Islamabad, Pakistan. This year’s Conference is titled ‘Redefining Paradigms of Sustainable Development in South Asia’. The NCCR (North-South) researchers from Pakistan and Nepal (Babar Shahbaz, Bishnu Upreti and Abid Suleri) are organizing a specific panel “Livelihood options in conflict affected areas”.

For details please visit http://www.sdpi.org/14thsdc/panels.php

July 30, 2011

The recent issue of the Pakistan Forest Digest covers the forest related news published in leading Pakistani newspapers from January to March 2011. For an Urdu version or hard copies, please contact SDPI.

Quarterly Pakistan Forest Digest. A selection of clippings on forest issues. Vol.01, No. 04, January - March 2011. SDPI and NCCR N-S.

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July 4, 2011

Babar Shahbaz, Tanvir Ali and Abid Suleri have published a new peer-reviewed article on forest conservation and development interventions in Northwest Pakistan.

Shahbaz, B., Ali, T., Suleri, A.Q. (2011). Dilemmas and challenges in forest conservation and development interventions: Case of Northwest Pakistan. Forest Policy and Economics (13)6: 473-478.

June 27, 2011

The last roundtable of the series under PAMS “Forest policy dialogues” was held in Islamabad on June 27, 2011. The event was attended by a large group from civil society organizations, media, foresters and social activists. The participants were briefed about the recommendations and findings of peoples’ forest assemblies and roundtable organized under the PAMS in Hazara and Malakand regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The roundtable received wide coverage by the national newspapers, including Dawn, The News, and The Pakistan Observer, and EnvoInfo.

May 24, 2011

A forest assembly held on May 18, 2011 in Peshawar was attended by the members of civil society, NGOs, academia and politicians including members of parliament. The participants discussed various issues such as royalties, the forest policy, the ban on timber harvesting, as well as unemployment in the forest areas. The members of parliament assured to raise the stakeholders' concerns in the parliament and make necessary amendments in the constitution. See the reporting by 'The Dawn'.


April 13, 2011

The recent issue of the Pakistan Forest Digest published under NCCR PAMS "Forest Policy Dialogues", covers the forest related news published in leading Pakistani newspapers from October to December 2010. For an Urdu version or hard copies, please contact SDPI.

Quarterly Pakistan Forest Digest. A selection of clippings on forest issues. October - December 2010, Vol 1(3). SDPI and NCCR N-S.

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March 9, 2011

"The state institutions in general and PPP government in particular, seem helpless on all fronts." comments Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri of the Pakistan Research Group on the disconcerting nexus of political extremism and social and financial crises in Pakistan | read full article in 'The News International'


February 16, 2011

Babar Shahbaz and Bishnu Raj Upreti have published a new NCCR N-S policy brief on dialogue and conflict over natural resource governance.

Upreti, B.R., Shahbaz B. 2011. Mediated policy dialogues to address conflict over natural resource governance. NCCR N-S Polcy Brief, Regional Edition South Asia (2), February 2011.

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February 10, 2011

"We need to start an intellectual debate on the fundamental issue of social ideologies and learn the difference between seculars, free thinkers; and atheists. Let us agree to disagree in a civilized manner." comments Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri of the Pakistan Research Group on the recent murder of Salman Taseer | read full article in 'The News on Sunday'


January 31, 2011

The recent issue of the Pakistan Forest Digest published under NCCR PAMS "Forest Policy Dialogues", covers the forest related news published in leading Pakistani newspapers from July to September 2010. For an Urdu version or hard copies, please contact SDPI.

Quarterly Pakistan Forest Digest. A selection of clippings on forest issues. July - September 2010, Vol 1(2). SDPI and NCCR N-S.

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January 15, 2011

Abid Suleri, Tanvir Ali, Urs Geiser and Babar Shahbaz participated in the 'International Symposium on Sustainable Rural Development and Food Security', jointly organized by the Pakistan Research Group, SDPI and the Agricultural University of Faisalabad. (read more)


January 12, 2011

SDPI held a consultative workshop on ‘State of Forest in the Aftermath of Forest Reforms and Flood 2010: Way forward to Sustainable Forest Management" at the Pakistan Forest Institute (PFI), Peshawar. The workshop was part of a workshop series under a PAMS project funded by the NCCR N-S. More than forty participants attended the workshop, including a broad range of stakeholders such as government representatives, legislators, researchers, practitioners, environmentalists, civil society representatives, lawyers and forest communities. The Provincial Minister and Deputy Secretary of Khyber-Pukhtoonkhwa represented the ministry of Environment and Forest. In addition, the PFI Director General, the Director of the Planning & Development Department Peshawar, as well as representatives of the Sarhad Awami Forestry Ittehad (SAFI) participated in the workshop. (press coverage by dawn.com)


January 12, 2011

Babar Shahbaz, Tanvir Ali and others have published a new peer-reviewed article in the Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Science on the problems faced by farmers in the mountains of Northwest Pakistan.

Shahbaz, B., T. Ali, I. A. Khan and M. Ahmad. 2010. An analysis of the problems faced by farmers in the mountains of Northwest Pakistan: challanges for agri. extension. Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 47(4), 417-420.

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January 10, 2011

In a recent article in Pakistan' "The News", Urs Geiser and Abid Suleri called for a critical analysis of governance processes around the devastating floods in the country. Instead of joining the "blame game", researchers should give more attention to an understanding of strengths and weaknesses of existing relations between state and its citizens.


January 4, 2011

Maqsood Ahmad Jan has published a new report on Pakistan's National Emigration Policy.

Jan M.A. 2010. Pakistan's National Emigration Policy. A review. SDPI Policy Paper Series No. 35, December 2010.

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January 1, 2011

The recent issue of the Pakistan Forest Digest published under NCCR PAMS "Forest Policy Dialogues", covers the forest related news published in leading Pakistani newspapers from April to June 2010. For an Urdu version or hard copies, please contact SDPI.

Quarterly Pakistan Forest Digest. A selection of clippings on forest issues. April - June 2010, Vol 1(1). SDPI and NCCR N-S.

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