Cityscapes of violence in Karachi : publics and counterpublics
/ Nichola Khan
- Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2017
- 273 p.
1. People all around you : locating Karachi in the poetry of Azra Abbas 2. 1994: political madness, ethics and story making in the Liaquatabad District in Karachi 3. Karachi: A Pashtun city 4. The Sunday fighter: doubts, fears and little secrets of an intermittent combatant 5. Life in a ‘No-go Area’ : experience of marginalization and fear in Lyari 6. ‘our rule’ : the MQM, the Dawat-e-Islami and Mohajir religiosity 7. Prohibition and ‘sharab’ as political protest in Karachi
9780199405664 (hbk)
History--Pakistan--Karachi Politics and government--Political violence--Violence--Social conditions