“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 was gathered at the Arts Faculty lobby of KU for a demonstration in downtown Karachi when… — 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… — Laurent Gayer Copy Share Image
“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’… — Laurent Gayer Copy Share Image
“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
![“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…” quote by Laurent Gayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/31a/laurent-gayer-39360_early-morning_i-was-going-on-a-motorbike-with-a-friend_651891.jpg)
