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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Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and chief of army staff Asim Munir at an event in Rawalpindi in May 2025. Pakistan’s parliament signed the 27th constitutional amendment into law creating the country’s first constitutionally fortified sovereign military and severely curtailing the judiciary.

In Pakistan, a mightier military and a judiciary undone

Salman Rafi Sheikh

21 Nov 2025

Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman meeting China’s vice president Han Zheng in October 2025. China and Saudi Arabia are driving transformation in Southasia’s geopolitics and navigating perilous fault lines that could just as easily unravel their ambitions.

China and Saudi Arabia are walking the tightrope over Southasia’s schisms

Salman Rafi Sheikh

11 Nov 2025

Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, with Ahsan Iqbal, the federal minister for planning and development. Iqbal has said that the current resource-sharing formula between the country’s centre and provinces places an undue financial burden on the federal government.

Pakistan’s struggle to reshape its fiscal federalism

Salman Rafi Sheikh

05 Sep 2025

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