Salman Rafi Sheikh

Salman Rafi Sheikh is an assistant professor of politics at Lahore University of Management Sciences. He can be reached at: salmansheikh.ss11.sr@gmail.com

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Activists of the Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz at a 2019 protest against the Indian government’s revocation of Article 370, stripping Jammu and Kashmir of its special status. Until recently, Pakistan emphasised a resolution to the Kashmir issue as a prior step to movement on any other matters concerning its relationship with India. Photo: IMAGO/Zuma press

Modi could squander an unprecedented chance at normalising India–Pakistan ties

Salman Rafi Sheikh

10 Apr 2024

Merchandise on display in Karachi for supporters of different political parties in Pakistan’s general election on 8 February. The main contest is between Nawaz Sharif’s PML–N and Imran Khan’s PTI in a skewed political field that favours the former candidate. Photo courtesy: IMAGO / Newscom World

With an unfree and unfair election, Pakistan prepares to repeat its past

Salman Rafi Sheikh

05 Feb 2024

BRICS leaders with international delegates during the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg in August 2023. Pakistan’s wish to join the group is complicated by its antagonism to India and by BRICS’s own internal contradictions – not least the growing India-China rivalry. Photo: IMAGO / ZUMA Wire

Applying to join BRICS is not in Pakistan’s interest

Salman Rafi Sheikh

02 Jan 2024

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