“Thus, the PTI fared relatively well in a number of constituencies that until now were considered impregnable fiefdoms of the MQM. This was the case, for instance, of NA-245 (National Assembly constituency covering North Nazimabad), where it registered 54,937 votes… — Laurent Gayer Copy Share Image
“the population of Karachi increasing by 369 per cent between 1941 and 1961, possibly the fastest rate of growth ever registered for a city of that size in world history.25 By 1951, according to the first Census of Pakistan, the composition of Karachi’s population had drastically changed. In 1941, 51 per cent of the city’s inhabitants were Hindu and only… — Laurent Gayer Copy Share
“Table 3: Vote share of major political parties in Karachi (Sindh Provincial Assembly elections), 1988–2013” — Laurent Gayer Copy Share Image
“I was going on a motorbike with a friend of mine in my area [Shah Faisal Colony] and suddenly we saw a university students’ union van. At that time, the union was run by the Jama‘at-e-Islami [IJT]. It was very surprising because the jama‘atis never dared to enter our area. Then I saw one badmash [rogue] called Sayyid in the… — Laurent Gayer Copy Share
“The Rise of Pakistan Leftist Student Organisations In the years that followed the creation of Pakistan in 1947, the student wing of the Pakistan… — Laurent Gayer Copy Share Image
“This fragmentation of public authority went even further in Pakistan than in India. In Pakistan, state power never permeated society as deep and far… — Laurent Gayer Copy Share Image
“The patterns of student violence started changing with the inflow of firearms to Karachi campuses. Modern weaponry (Sten-guns and revolvers, and later on Kalashnikovs)… — Laurent Gayer Copy Share Image
“One of the first initiatives of the Hindu banyas who founded modern Karachi at the beginning of the eighteenth century was to protect the… — Laurent Gayer Copy Share Image
“Thus, the PTI fared relatively well in a number of constituencies that until now were considered impregnable fiefdoms of the MQM. This was the… — Laurent Gayer Copy Share Image
“The 1962 Sino-Soviet split took its toll on the left movement, as it led to a fissure of the NSF along pro-Moscow/pro-Beijing lines. This… — Laurent Gayer Copy Share Image
“Predictable but Contingent: The First ‘Political’ Killing at Karachi University On 25 February 1981, a group of left-wing students from the NSF and PSF… — Laurent Gayer Copy Share Image
“Karachi was not always synonymous with charred buses and mutilated bodies wrapped in gunny bags. The ‘Guide to Karachi’ distributed to American soldiers posted… — Laurent Gayer Copy Share Image
