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Chad Haines was a 2014-2015 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Lahore for 1.5 months. Haines's research "interweaves three arenas of analysis, each reflecting a particular tension of urbanity: formality vs. informality; control vs. disruptions; and front spaces vs. back spaces."

Waqas H. Butt was a 2014-2015 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Lahore for 5 months. Butt's research "will contribute to the field of Pakistani studies by demonstrating the intricate relationship between the colonial and post-colonial periods as well as the historical significance that subaltern...

This special edition of the Nordic Journal of Law and Social Research focuses on the Hunza Valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Drawing on a multi-author, interdisciplinary approach, the journal examines the political geography, anthropology, history, and civil society in the Hunza...

Drawing upon experience from attending a faculty development seminar in Lahore, Pakistan, Paul Edleman explores the meaning of space and how space is utilized in Lahore. Edleman argues that politics and space can be intertwined in the architecture of a city and the expression of the city's culture.

Fatima Tassadiq was a 2019-2020 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Pakistan for two months. Tassadiq's research focused on the impact of the construction of the Orange Line Metro Train, the first metro train of its kind in Pakistan, on local communities in Lahore, Pakistan, investigating the...

Tariq Rahman (University of California-Irvine) was a 2017 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant who spent 3 months in Pakistan "to better understand the specific struggles, conflicts, alliances, and exercises of power through which the housing scheme emerged as the quintessential form of urban planning in...

Ahsan Kamal was a 2018 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who performed research in Pakistan to study the resettlement programs as a result of dam constructions.

Maira Hayat offers this critical analysis of the tensions relating to water use and local politics from an anthropological standpoint. Water use in Pakistan has become increasingly politicized as local governments attempt to navigate the needs of local cultivators and farmers while reconciling with...

Ahsan Kamal (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) was a 2014 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who conducted fieldwork in Lahore, Islamabad, and Turbat, Pakistan. Kamal's research contributed to the discourse of water politics and the complex experiences surrounding water and policy in...