SPECIAL ISSUE NUMBER 106 Institute of Policy Studies is a non-government think tank dedicated to promoting policy-oriented research and human development 2018-19 2 979 brating 40 Y 019 1 Cele ears ANNUAL REPORT Institute of Policy Studies Islamabad www.ips.org.pk | www.ipsurdu.com abad, and Mujahid Hussain Sargana, senior lecturer, Department ‘Revamping Higher Education Research in Pakistan’ gives of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bahria University, Islamabad. suggestions to improve higher education in Pakistan. The data for this study was collected from 655 faculty members selected from --- six universities through an open-ended questionnaire (Policy ‘Liquidity Management Mechanisms of Islamic and Conven- Perspectives, Vol 15, No. 2). tional Finance: A Shari’ah Appraisal’ analyses liquidity manage- Authors: Dr Fayyaz Ahmad Faize, assistant professor, Human- ment mechanisms of Islamic and conventional finance from a ities Department, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Prof Dr Adnan The research work at IPS is carried under three major categories tries are collaborating with each other in multiple sectors, but at the Shari’ah perspective. This paper also suggests some Shari’ah Sarwar Khan, head of the Department of International Relations, i.e. Pakistan Affairs, International Relations, and Faith and Society. same time they are unable to resolve their border disputes. The compliant liquidity management instruments, such as: (i) an IFI can NUML University, Islamabad, and Dr Inayat Kalim, in-charge, Below is the brief intro of some of the research work done by the paper recommends that both the nations have to work on some issue NCDs against a portfolio of bank’s assets, (ii) Any corporation International Relations Program, COMSATS Institute of Informa- Institute during the year 2018-19: permanent solutions for the resolution of their territorial disputes can issue asset-backed Sukūk, which can be used by IFIs for liquid- tion Technology, Islamabad. because this may sabotage the peace process anytime (Policy ity management purposes (Policy Perspectives, Vol 15, No. 2). --- Perspectives, Vol 15, No. 2). --- Authors: Sheikh Rafiullah, Ph.D. (IBF) scholar at International The article ‘Cyber Threat in Interstate Relations: Case of Author: Maira Qaddos, a Ph.D. scholar at the Institute of Commu- Islamic University, Islamabad, and Dr Atiq uz Zafar Khan, assistant The paper ‘Rehabilitating North Waziristan’ maintains that US-Russia Cyber Tensions’ briefly analyses ‘cyber threat’ as the st nication Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore. professor, IIIE, International Islamic University, Islamabad. despite huge financial and human resources pooled to rehabilitate most advance and complicated peril of 21 century. The article first the war effected area, no fruitful results have yet been achieved. explains the degree of seriousness of cyber threat in interstate --- --- Reasons being that the activities of all the developing partners are relations, then it illustrates the impact of alleged Russian cyber not coordinated, planned and according to the ground realities intrusion into the US electoral system on US-Russia relations, and ‘The Indo-Russian Strategic Partnership and India’s Cold ‘Sustained Economic Growth: Prospects from Efficiency Start Doctrine’ studies the Indian military’s doctrinal shift, massive Analysis of Exporting and Non-Exporting Pakistani Firms’ shaped by war and insurgency. To mainstream the people and the zeroes in on the underlying cyber issues between them (Policy area, a robust development strategy keeping in view the ground Perspectives, Vol 15, No. 2). military modernization and operationalization of the Cold Start analyses exporting and non-exporting Pakistani firms, attempting Doctrine (CSD) against Pakistan. The study is divided in two parts: to estimate technical and scale efficiencies among them. The situation in mind is required (Policy Perspectives, Vol 15, No. 2). Author: Dr Muhammad Riaz Shad, assistant professor, Depart- i) The first part focuses on the strategic outlook of South Asia and efficiency analysis aims to help identify potential changes which Authors: Naveed Yousaf, Ph.D. scholar, Department of Public ment of International Relations, National University of Modern the Indian military’s rationale to operationalize CSD, ii) The second industry may require for its consistent growth in the current surge Administration, University of Karachi, Dr Muhammad Bashir Khan, Languages (NUML), Islamabad. part emphasizes on the strategic partnership between India and of global competition and nationalization (Policy Perspectives, Vol assistant professor, Department of Government & Public Policy, Russia (Policy Perspectives, Vol 15, No. 2). 15, No. 2). --- National Defence University, Islamabad, and Shahzad Hussain, Authors: Summar Iqbal Babar, lecturer, School of Politics and Authors: Mamona Sadaf and Arshia Ishaq, the lecturers of assistant professor, Department of Government and Public Policy, ‘Sino-Indian Border Conflict 2017 and Its Implications for International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Economics at the University of Management and Technology, Faculty of Contemporary Studies, National Defence University, Bilateral Relations’ sheds light on the growing tension between Masood Ur Rehman Khattak, lecturer, Department of Politics and Sialkot. Islamabad. the two rivals China and India. The piece states that the two coun- International Relations, International Islamic University, Islam- --- --- ‘Mainstreaming Residential Prosumers in the Energy Sector’ Authors: Kanwar Muhammad Javed Iqbal, PhD Scholar at Pak-Saudi ties, while taking into consideration current dynamics of Implications in Pakistan’ discusses the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 maintains that with rising China, resurgent Russian and realign- session held at IPS on December 12, 2018, which was mainly A piece reviews IPS Press' publication 'Awakened China Shakes ‘Pre-trial detention and its compensation: In International and SATS University, Islamabad, Bakthawar Sethi, a graduate student (NDU), Islamabad and Nabiya Imran, research assistant, Depart- The policy brief ‘Pakistan’s Economy and Budget 2019-20: economic issues of the country; what it provides for to consolidate advocates the need for a prosumer-friendly energy framework. In Department of Environmental Science, International Islamic the Kingdom’s role in the Middle East and Gulf countries (Policy (ATA), which mainly governs the anti-terror legal regime of ment of regional and global dynamics, the role and significance of addressed by Dr Sayed Kazem Sajjadpour, the president of the World and is now Pakistan's Mainstay', which presents the Pakistani Law’ looks into the convergence and divergence of at COMSATS University, Islamabad, Dr Faheem Aslam, assistant ment of International Relations, National Defence University Critical Issues and Some Recommendations’ looked at various the gains and what is in there for the flourishment and develop- doing so, it first analyses the concept of energy presumption, University, Islamabad, and Senior Researcher at National Institute Perspectives, Vol 16, No. 1). Pakistan (Policy Perspectives, Vol 16, No. 1). Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has increased mani- Iranian think-tank IPIS – Institute for Political and International rich memories and insightful experiences of a Pakistani diplomat Pakistani and contemporary legislation on the issue of pre-trial professor, Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS aspects that were needed to be considered while preparing the ment of economic and business activity; and all this in an environ- potential of solar energy, and the scope of residential prosumers. It of Maritime Affairs (NIMA), Bahria University, Islamabad, and (NDU), Islamabad. fold. The Summit of SCO was the first for Pakistan and India as full Studies, among others (January 9, 2019). Ambassador (r) Mohammed Yunus, who witnessed and took detention and its compensation. The paper suggests reforms University, Islamabad, and Dr Tahir Kahloon, assistant professor, Author: Dr Rashid Ahmed Siddiqi, PhD in Political Studies from Author: Aisha Tariq, lecturer at the Department of Law, Interna- first full-year budget (FY2019-20) by the PTI coalition government. ment where various social segments, specifically the underprivi- pursues to critically analyze the prevailing legal framework pertain- Muhammad Irfan Khan, Professor at Department of Environmental members of the organization, which brings new opportunities and active part in laying the foundations and building the historic through minimal use of pre-trial detention and by providing Department of Government and Public Policy, National Defence --- the University of Auckland, New Zealand. tional Islamic University, Islamabad. It also makes recommendations to set the direction to achieve leged sections of the society, attach a lot of expectations from the ing to solar prosumers in the country. And finally, propose recom- Science, International Islamic University, Islamabad. hope as well as challenges for the region. This brief reviews the Prepared by: Kulsoom Belal, researcher at the Institute of Policy relationship between China and Pakistan during his diplomatic compensation to the innocent victims of pre-trial detention (Policy University, Islamabad. national objectives within a medium and long-term framework budget for their well-being (June 25, 2019). assignments from 1953-1982 (Policy Perspectives, Vol 15, No. 2). Perspectives, Vol 15, No. 3). mendations for plugging the