Presenters
Abbas Mazhar - Government College University Faisalabad, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, PakistanLashari Samee - Houston Community College, USA, Houston Community College, USA, Houston, United States
Hassan Bilal - Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Norway, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Norway, Bergen, Norway
Panel
42 – Exploring international Migration in South Asia: a socio-cultural approachAbstract
scrutinised the relationship between identity and citizenship rights in many settings, including Pakistan. These studies frequently concentrate on the consequences of native ethnic and religious identities and migrant status. Extant literature reasonably documents extrajudicial killings, suppressing political rights and civil liberties of Baluch, Sindhi and Pashtun (ethnic) along with Christian, Hindus, Ahmadis, and Shias (religious) and discrimination against Afghan migrants. Notwithstanding controversies surrounding the trajectories of migration to Pakistan and the size of their population that might grant them the status of the children of a motherless state, little is known about how Bengalis experience services in a country their fellows preferred to cede in 1971, resulting in the formation of Bangladesh. Thus, the focus of the current study is to carefully examine how Bengalis experience and negotiate their citizenship rights and social and economic services. The current study will explore the relationship through 30 in-depth qualitative interviews with Bengalis living in Karachi.
