Uneven Development and Pakhtun Diaspora in Karachi (Pakistan).

Karachi is now home to seven million Pakhtuns (Obaid-Sharmeen, 2009; National, 2009), who constitute 38% of the city's population of 18m (Yusuf, 2012). It is projected to become a Pakhtun-majority city by 2045 (Baloch, 2014). The city's Pakhtun population already exceeds the combined population of K...

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Published in:	Theory in Action Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 75 - 104
Main Author:	Niazi, Tarique
Format:	Article
Published:	Transformative Studies Institute Apr2016
Subjects:	Karachi (Pakistan) Urban growth Imperialism Capitalism Distributive justice Discrimination (Sociology) Identity politics Pashtuns
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