Karachi

Author : Laurent Gayer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199354448
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karachi written by Laurent Gayer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an official population approaching fifteen million, Karachi is one of the largest cities in the world. It is also the most violent. Since the mid-1980s, it has endured endemic political conflict and criminal violence, which revolve around control of the city and its resources (votes, land and bhatta-"protection" money). These struggles for the city have become ethnicized. Karachi, often referred to as a "Pakistan in miniature," has become increasingly fragmented, socially as well as territorially. Despite this chronic state of urban political warfare, Karachi is the cornerstone of the economy of Pakistan. Gayer's book is an attempt to elucidate this conundrum. Against journalistic accounts describing Karachi as chaotic and ungovernable, he argues that there is indeed order of a kind in the city's permanent civil war. Far from being entropic, Karachi's polity is predicated upon organisational, interpretative and pragmatic routines that have made violence "manageable" for its populations. Whether such "ordered disorder" is viable in the long term remains to be seen, but for now Karachi works despite-and sometimes through-violence.

Author : Samira Shackle
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612199429
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karachi Vice written by Samira Shackle and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fast-paced, hair-raising journey around Karachi in the company of those who know the city inside out - from an electrifying new voice in narrative non-fiction. Karachi. Pakistan’s largest city is a sprawling metropolis of twenty million people, twice the size of New York City. It is a place of political turbulence in which those who have power wield it with brutal and partisan force. It takes an insider to know where is safe, who to trust, and what makes Karachi tick. In this powerful debut, Samira Shackle explores the city of her mother’s birth in the company of a handful of Karachiites. Among them is Safdar the ambulance driver, who knows the city’s streets and shortcuts intimately and will stop at nothing to help his fellow citizens. There is Parveen, the activist whose outspoken views on injustice repeatedly lead her towards danger. And there is Zille, the hardened journalist whose commitment to getting the best scoops puts him at increasing risk. Their individual experiences unfold and converge, as Shackle tells the bigger story of Karachi over the past decade as it endures a terrifying crime wave: a period in which the Taliban arrive in Pakistan, adding to the daily perils for its residents and pushing their city into the international spotlight. Writing with intimate local knowledge and a global perspective, Shackle paints a vivid portrait of one of the most complex and compelling cities in the world, a city where the borders blur between politicians and gangsters and between lawful and unlawful, as dangerous new forces of violent extremism are pitted against old networks of power.

Author : Steve Inskeep
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 0143122169
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Instant City written by Steve Inskeep and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Morning Edition" cohost Inskeep presents a riveting account of a single harrowing day in December 2009 that sheds light on the constant tensions in Karachi, Pakistan--when a bomb blast ripped through a religious procession.

Author : Nichola Khan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019086978X
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cityscapes of Violence in Karachi written by Nichola Khan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karachi is a city framed in the popular imagination by violence, be it criminality and gangsterism or political factionalism. That perception also dominates literary, cinematic and scholarly representations and discussions of this great metropolis. By commenting in different ways on the trials and tribulations of Karachi and Pakistan, the contributors to this innovative book on the city build on past writings to say something new or different -- to make their reader re-think how they understand the processes at work in this vast urban space. They scrutinise Karachi's diverse neighborhoods to show how violence is manifested locally and citywide into protest drinking, social and religious movements, class and cosmopolitanism, gang wars, and how it affects the fractured lives of militants and journalists, among others. Oral history and memoir feature strongly in the volume as do insights gleaned from anthropology and political science

Author : Laura A. Ring
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253218845
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zenana written by Laura A. Ring and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-09 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting an ethnographic study of a multi-ethnic, middle-class high-rise apartment building in Karachi, Pakistan, this book argues that peace is the product of a relentless daily labour, much of it carried out in the zenana, or women's space. It provides a glimpse into contemporary urban life in a Muslim society.

Author : Mansoor Bin Tahnoon Al Nehayan
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443889342
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karachi in the Twenty-First Century written by Mansoor Bin Tahnoon Al Nehayan and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The forces of globalisation are indiscriminate – they enable those who pursue good and those who pursue evil. The changes brought about by globalisation affect all segments of society, all walks of life, all political parties, all religions, all ethnic groups, and all countries. Sometimes they occur in the most unexpected ways and yield complex results that appear to be mystifying and intractable, at least on the surface. This book describes how the forces of globalisation have descended upon Karachi and exacerbated local and regional problems to the point where the city is teetering on the brink of chaos. Karachi is geographically, politically, and culturally situated in the context of modern Pakistan, but is a global city affected by global forces, many of which challenge the state’s power and authority. The lessons of Karachi are important for both its present and its future, and they can serve as a cautionary tale for other global cities. Karachi is vitally important to Pakistan. While Islamabad is the country’s capital, Karachi is the most important financial centre in the country. It is the centre of banking, industry, economic activity and trade. Many of Pakistan’s largest corporations are based in Karachi, including entertainment, arts, fashion, medical research, the automotive industry, shipping, textiles, advertising, publishing, and software development. Karachi is also home to Pakistan’s main seaport and two of the largest ports in the region, the Port of Karachi and Port Bin Qasim.

Author : Sabiah Askari
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443884502
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies on Karachi written by Sabiah Askari and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conference on Karachi in 2013 was the first event arranged by a newly-created body, The Karachi Conference Foundation, designed to deliberate on all aspects of the city’s life. This book, bringing together the papers presented at the Conference, represents a landmark in scholarship on the mega-city and its issues. It is always a matter of great interest to see how certain societies have developed, starting out as Stone Age sites and flourishing as throbbing urban centres. While not every stage of this process is always documented, the records of remnants collected often help in painting a portrait that provides insights into this transformation. This is what Studies on Karachi does. Lay readers and scholars in a range of different disciplines with an interest in how a sleepy settlement in the late medieval period developed into a mega-city will find this book particularly useful. What emerges from the various chapters is the depiction of a city that, despite its vibrancy, is afflicted with numerous problems, ranging from poor planning to colossal mismanagement. Women, marginalized communities, neglected areas, issues of planning and development, and the history, and the anthropology of Karachi are all particular foci of attention throughout the book.

Author : The World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464812128
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transforming Karachi into a Livable and Competitive Megacity written by The World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2018-03-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Karachi City Diagnostic attempts to present detailed data on the economy, livability and key urban services of the city. It also proposes pathways towards the transformation of Karachi into a more livable, inclusive and economically competitive city by outlining and prioritizing key policy actions.

Author : Arif Pervaiz
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 1843697122
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lessons from Karachi written by Arif Pervaiz and published by IIED. This book was released on 2008 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Imtiaz Ahmad
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527531597
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnic Issues in the Press of Karachi written by Imtiaz Ahmad and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-17 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book sheds light on the press coverage of Karachi's ethnic affairs through a detailed textual analysis of newspapers. The author examines the coverage of communal issues in both English and Urdu newspapers, highlighting the improvements in English newspapers' coverage and the tendencies of Urdu dailies to report on state nationalism-driven news items during ethnic hostilities. With a regional focus on Karachi, this book is an essential read for historians, researchers, and journalists interested in understanding the ethnic dynamics of Pakistan and the role of the press in covering multi-ethnic societies. The book is a valuable contribution to the study of Pakistan's ethnic affairs, providing insight into the ideas, movements, and theories that have shaped Karachi's ethnic landscape.