Mir Sher Baz Khetran
Research Fellow
Areas of Research:
Russia, Afghanistan and Central Asia
Mir Sher Baz Khetran works as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISSI), Islamabad. He has done MS.c Political Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University in 2005 and also holds a Law degree.
Khetran joined the Institute in 2009. Apart from regularly contributing to the Institute’s publications, he is also the author of Crisis in Balochistan: A way forward. His area of research is Balochistan and Central Asia.
Other Publications:
- Pakistan’s Water Security Issue & Impacts of Floods
https://scholar.kyobobook.co.kr/article/detail/4010047489298 - Missed Opportunity?
https://twitter.com/khorasandiary/status/1661356096966262786?s=48&t=Po8JvYMezRve22mAtoEE7g - Food Security challenges in Pakistan
https://scholar.kyobobook.co.kr/article/detail/4010036906441 - CPEC and it’s significance for Balochistan
https://www.globalvillagespace.com/cpec-and-its-significance-for-balochistan/ - China-US Relations in the Post Trump Era
http://scholar.dkyobobook.co.kr/searchDetail.laf?barcode=4010028455586 - Pakistan’s tourism potential
https://nation.com.pk/28-Feb-2021/pakistan-s-tourism-potential - Afghanistan’s Economic Potential: A Case for Regional Security
https://thesvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/JSSA-Vol-5-No.-2-Final-123-142.pdf - The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Gateway to Central Asia
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S2377740019500179 - Pakistan’s role in the Afghan peace negotiations
https://foreignpolicynews.org/2019/09/24/pakistans-role-in-the-afghan-peace-negotiations/ - The CPEC and China-Pakistan Relations: A Case Study on Balochistan
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S2377740017500191?src=recsys&
Issue Brief on “Health hazards caused by increasing air Pollution in Pakistan”
Background
The air quality in Pakistan’s major urban centres has considerably deteriorated over the past five years. Lahore and other cities regularly feature in the...
Issue Brief on “The Global Hunger Index 2022: Pakistan’s Persistent Hunger Crisis”
Pakistan has been ranked 99th out of 126 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report released in July 2023. The report reveals that...
Issue Brief on “Urban Flooding in Pakistan”
Urban flooding in Pakistan has become a pressing issue; with rapid urbanization and inadequate infrastructure, cities across the country are increasingly becoming vulnerable to...
Issue Brief on “Key Drivers of Food Insecurity in Pakistan”
On 3 May 2023, the Global Network Against Food Crisis, the leading international alliance working to address the root causes of food crises and...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Water Security Issue”
Pakistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, including water scarcity, extreme weather events, and declining crop yields. In the ongoing Kharif...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan at COP27”
Introduction
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) opened on November 6th in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, with the main theme of loss and damage...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Push for Climate Justice”
Background
Pakistan has long been considered one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in the world. While Pakistan is one of the lowest...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Population Explosion and the Youth Bulge”
Introduction
Pakistan is globally recognised as a country facing challenges in controlling its population growth. Its alarming population growth rate of 2.4pc per annum, which...
Issue Brief on “At UNGA 2022,Climate Crisis and floods in Pakistan Took the Centre...
The 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 2022) was held in New York on September 13-27. Major themes of the summit were increasing energy...
Issue Brief on “Floods in Pakistan and its Sectoral Impact”
Pakistan is situated with the highest disaster risk levels in the world. In 2019, Pakistan ranked 18 out of 191 countries on the Inform...