Pakistan. Zardari's new gimmick (Zahid Hussain, Dawn, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/zardari-s-new-gimmick/n/21232

Carbon taxes: An opportunity for Bangladesh? (Simon Davies, Qimiao Fan, Zahid Hussain, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2016/11/22/carbon-taxes-an-opportunity-for-bangladesh/

Pakistan. Can Bilawal revive the party (Zahid Hussain, South Asia Monitor)

Slowly but surely, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is making his presence felt on the national political scene. Though still raw and a novice, he has infused new life into the PPP that many thought was on the ventilator. He has certainly inherited the charisma and the mass appeal of the Bhuttos that has been missing from the party since the assassination of his mother.

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/can-bilawal-revive-the-party/n/19949

Pakistan. The Taliban tightrope (Zahid Hussain, South Asia Monitor)

The killing of Mullah Akhtar Mansour signals a more aggressive US policy stance, as hopes of the Afghan Taliban coming to the negotiating table fade. The death of the recently elected Taliban leader, who had only just managed to consolidate his authority over the group, has given a new twist to the festering Afghan crisis. That the attack was carried out well inside Pakistan’s territory has worsened the predicament — exposing Pakistan’s vulnerability in balancing an alliance with the United States with maintaining relations with the Afghan Taliban

http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=n&nid=17183

Pakistan. A nation under siege (Zahid Hussain, South Asia Monitor)

Yet another bloodbath, yet another day of mourning. It is the Pakistan story so regularly repeated that we have forgotten the count. From the Peshawar school massacre, to the Lahore park explosion, it is children who are bearing the brunt of the unending cycle of militant violence. One thought the Peshawar tragedy would be the final turning point uniting the nation, but that public outrage proved to be fleeting.

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