Jago Pakistan / Wake Up, Pakistan

Pakistan is at a crossroads. While the threat from al-Qaeda has been diminished, militancy is still a critical, evolving, and growing threat. Pakistan lags behind most of its neighbors in many economic and human development indicators, while its democratic institutions are undercut by recurring civil-military crises and its political class is mired in a paralyzing fight that has crippled its legitimacy and its ability to govern. All of these issues require urgent attention and action by progressive forces within Pakistan, working with a vision shaped and supported in concert with the international community. This Working Group, chaired by Thomas R. Pickering, and comprised of a broad and diverse assemblage of Pakistani and international figures deeply concerned about the country’s future, believes it is time for Pakistan to wake up to its responsibilities to address these problems, and for its international partners to assist where they can.The Members of The Century Foundation International Working Group on PakistanThomas R. Pickering, Working Group ChairVice Chairman, Hills and Company; former U.S. Undersecretary of Statefor Political AffairsRobert P. Finn, Principal InvestigatorNon-Resident Fellow, Liechtenstein Institute on Self-DeterminationPrinceton University; former U.S. Ambassador to AfghanistanMichael Wahid Hanna, Principal InvestigatorSenior Fellow, The Century FoundationMosharraf Zaidi, Principal InvestigatorCampaign Director, Alif AilaanUnited StatesSteve CollDean, Columbia University Graduate School of JournalismCameron MunterProfessor of Practice in International Relations, Pomona College;former U.S. Ambassador to PakistanBarnett RubinSenior Fellow and Associate Director, Afghanistan Pakistan RegionalProgram, New York University Center on International Cooperation;former Senior Adviser to the Special Representative for Afghanistanand Pakistan in the U.S. Department of StateJames ShinnChairman, Teneo Intelligence; CEO, Predata; Lecturer, PrincetonUniversity; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asianand Pacific Security AffairsAnthony ZinniFormer Commander-in-Chief, United States Central CommandInternationalRichard BarrettSenior Vice President, The Soufan Group; former head, United Nationsal Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Monitoring TeamHikmet ÇetinFormer Turkish Foreign MinisterAntje GraweFormer Counselor, German Embassy, PakistanJean-Marie GuéhennoPresident, International Crisis GroupNobuaki TanakaFormer Japanese Ambassador to Turkey and PakistanAnn WilkensFormer Chair, Swedish Committee for Afghanistan; former SwedishAmbassador to Pakistan and AfghanistanPakistanTariq BanuriProfessor in the Departments of Economics and City and MetropolitanPlanning at the University of UtahImtiaz GulExecutive Director, Center for Research and Security StudiesIshrat HusainDean and Director of the Institute of Business Administration, KarachiAsma JahangirAdvocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan; Chairperson, HumanRights Commission of PakistanRiaz KhohkarFormer Pakistani Foreign SecretaryTariq KhosaFormer Director General, Federal Investigation AgencyJugnu MohsinPublisher and Editor, The Friday TimesAhmed RashidJournalist and authorSherry RehmanPresident and Founding Chair, Jinnah Institute; former PakistaniAmbassador to the United StatesNajam Aziz SethiEditor-in-chief, The Friday TimesMoeed W. YusufDirector of South Asia Programs, United States Institute of Peace

Pakistan is at a crossroads. While the threat from al-Qaeda has been diminished, militancy is still a critical, evolving, and growing threat. Pakistan lags behind most of its neighbors in many economic and human development indicators, while its democratic institutions are undercut by recurring civil-military crises and its political class is mired in a paralyzing fight that has crippled its legitimacy and its ability to govern. All of these issues require urgent attention and action by progressive forces within Pakistan, working with a vision shaped and supported in concert with the international community. This Working Group, chaired by Thomas R. Pickering, and comprised of a broad and diverse assemblage of Pakistani and international figures deeply concerned about the country’s future, believes it is time for Pakistan to wake up to its responsibilities to address these problems, and for its international partners to assist where they can.

Pakistan is at a crossroads. While the threat from al-Qaeda has been diminished, militancy is still a critical, evolving, and growing threat. Pakistan lags behind most of its neighbors in many economic and human development indicators, while its democratic institutions are undercut by recurring civil-military crises and its political class is mired in a paralyzing fight that has crippled its legitimacy and its ability to govern. All of these issues require urgent attention and action by progressive forces within Pakistan, working with a vision shaped and supported in concert with the international community. This Working Group, chaired by Thomas R. Pickering, and comprised of a broad and diverse assemblage of Pakistani and international figures deeply concerned about the country’s future, believes it is time for Pakistan to wake up to its responsibilities to address these problems, and for its international partners to assist where they can.PrefaceMembers of the Working GroupExecutive SummaryReport of the Working Group1. Introduction: A Changing Pakistan2. Managing Key Regional Security Challenges3. Violent Extremism4. A Cooperative South Asian Economic Region5. Internal Governance Reform6. The Way Ahead: Two Post-2015 Pakistani Scenarios7. Recommendations of the Working GroupNotesAbout the Members of the Working Group

PrefaceMembers of the Working GroupExecutive SummaryReport of the Working Group1. Introduction: A Changing Pakistan2. Managing Key Regional Security Challenges3. Violent Extremism4. A Cooperative South Asian Economic Region5. Internal Governance Reform6. The Way Ahead: Two Post-2015 Pakistani Scenarios7. Recommendations of the Working GroupNotesAbout the Members of the Working Group