Gayer, Laurent,

Karachi : ordered disorder and the struggle for the city / Laurent Gayer. - xxv, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-331) and index.

Introduction -- A contested city -- From student brawls to campus wars -- 'The Mohajirs have arrived!' -- The bandits who would be kings -- Jihad comes to town -- A city on the edge -- Geographies of fear.

9780199354443 (alkaline paper)

2014004959


Muttahida Quami Movement.


Ethnic conflict--Pakistan--Karachi.
Political violence--Pakistan--Karachi.
Ethnicity--Pakistan.
Muhajir (Pakistani people)--Politics and government.


Karachi (Pakistan)--Politics and government.

DS392.2.K3 / G39 2014

954.9183053 / GAY