01 - Political Reforms in Erstwhile FATA and its Implications: A Critical Study of th...
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).0110.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).01 Published : Dec 2025
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The erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan (presently part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) had geo-strategic importance for British India as well as post-colonial Pakistan after 1947. Before its merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in 2018, political reforms were introduced by the then government of Pakistan People’s Party (2008-13), which played a significant role in the... Details
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Electoral Reforms, FATA, Local Government, Political Parties
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(1) Fazal Muhammad
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Ehtaisham Ahmed Khan
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Mohammad Ayaz
In-Charge Chairperson, Department of Political Science, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
02 - Sense of Deprivation in Balochistan: Depiction of instability on Twitter ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).0210.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).02 Published : Dec 2025
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This study looks at how Baluchistan's political instability and lack of progress are reflected in tweets. It shows that the majority of these tweets are from activists and non-governmental organisations that use social media to advance their political and ideological objectives. The study carefully looks at content on Twitter to see how stories about Baluchistan are made, shared, and even ex... Details
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Balochistan, Instability, Twitter, Propaganda, Agenda-Setting, Framing, Digital Activism
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(1) Hafiz Hassan Ali
MS Scholar, Riphah Institute of Media Sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Fatima Khalid
MS Scholar, Riphah Institute of Media Sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Qasim Ali Shah
PhD, Department of Developmental Sciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
03 - Challenges to the PML-N in the Process of Democratic Consolidation in Pakistan (...
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).0310.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).03 Published : Dec 2025
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This study assesses the major challenges faced by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in advancing democratic consolidation during its 2013–2018 tenure. Employing a qualitative analytical approach, drawing on secondary data, government reports, and scholarly literature, the paper examines how persistent civil-military tensions, judicial interventions, and politicized accountability refl... Details
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PML-N, Democratic Consolidation, Civil-military Relations, Political Instability, Judicial Engineering, Intra-party Democracy.
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(1) Jamal Ud Din
PhD Scholar (Political Science), Department of Politics and International Relations, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Manzoor Ahmad Naazer
Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
04 - Radicalization and Identity Crisis in The Runaways (2019) by Fatima Bhutto: A Cr...
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).0410.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).04 Published : Dec 2025
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The paper is a critical analysis of The Runaways by Fatima Bhutto (2019) using Critical Discourse Analysis (Fairclough) and Systemic Functional Linguistics (transitivity system of Halliday) to analyze how language creates the radicalization and identity crisis, as well as gendered subject positions in the post-9/11 period. Through 55-60 paragraphs of the purposive sampling of analyzed clauses cond... Details
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Radicalization, Disorientation, Discourse Analysis, Marginalization, Identity Crisis
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(1) Nimra Nadeem
M.Phil Scholar, Department of Linguistics and Language Studies (DLLS), University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Tazanfal Tehseem
Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Language Studies (DLLS), University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Asad Nazar
PhD Scholar, Department of Linguistics and Language Studies (DLLS), University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
05 - Analyzing Iceland's Specific Legal Amendments to its Border Control and Civil Pr...
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).0510.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).05 Published : Dec 2025
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The report focuses on investigating the implementation of the amendments to the temporary Border Control Act (No. 50/2007) and Civil Protection Act (No. 82/2008), which were implemented by Iceland in response to COVID-19 but did not directly concern it. It considers this strategy toward the law as a proactive and directed policy of agile crisis management. The result of the current study in terms ... Details
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Border Control Act, Civil Protection Act, Agile Crisis Management, Agile Governance, Modularity. Dual-Track Legislative Strategy
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(1) Ahmad Nawaz
Bachelors in Laws (LLB), University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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