In this thesis, the topic of mosque attendance by women is explored from the perspective of religion, culture, and architecture, globally and in the specific case of Pakistan. The main question that the thesis addresses is: if women were welcomed and frequently present at the se…
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The United States may be losing the war against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The past five years have seen an increase in sophistication and scale of terrorist attacks and the group’s ideological message remains persuasive for many disenfranchised Yemenis. Terrorism…
As we become more firmly established in the 21st century, the international system faces a number of increasingly more difficult challenges that pose threats to global security and human progress. Among these challenges, water scarcity and failing states have each received promi…
Over several centuries (c. 1500-1900) residents of the agrarian valleys west of the Indus river in the Peshawar region (in today's Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan) experienced imperial expansion, technological innovation, and the growth of state institutions as they simu…
This dissertation examines women’s lives in a rapidly urbanizing rural community in Southern Pakistan to understand their responses to modernity in developing societies. Applying a mixed-methods approach, socio-demographic data is collected and contrasted with oral history and p…
The geopolitical significance of Pakistan in the Global War on Terror has led to multiple instances of the US acting in an extra-territorial manner. Repeated territorial intrusion by the US strains US-Pakistan relations because extra-territoriality is viewed as a violation of Pa…
Among four largest cotton producing countries, Pakistan is the only one that had not commercially adopted Bt cotton by 2010. However, the cultivation of Bt cotton, although unapproved and unregulated, increased rapidly after 2005. This dissertation focused on two research questi…
This dissertation explores governance in Pakistan through a study of the state-run electrical power sector. At both the micro and macro level, the Pakistani power sector provides a lens into the heart of the Pakistani state and its governance institutions. This ethnographic and …
Since 1947 the people of Gilgit-Baltistan have called for integration within the Pakistani state and the extension of fundamental rights to them. This thesis examines how the region's liminality stems from the ambiguities in sovereignty in the colonial and post-colonial period. …
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Pakistan is facing a rapid rise in non-communicable diseases associated with lifestyle changes in urban cities. Nutrition and diet are key components of lifestyle modification factors that can help prevent and reduce the disease …
Gender has become one of the most politicized issues in South Asian countries over the past 100 years. They were expected to cook for the family, clean the house, feed their children, look after all family members, and give birth to a male child. When a woman gave birth to a mal…
This paper analyses whether the wages of female home-based workers (HBW) in Pakistan are on average less than those female workers who work outside the home. The federal monthly minimum wage in Pakistan for unskilled workers, as of 2013, is Rs. 10,000 (roughly 100) per person pe…
This study is an ethnographic exploration of the Pakistani state as it implemented a number of reforms aimed at achieving conditions of good-governance and development. Based on fieldwork conducted from January to December 2006 in Islamabad city and district Kohat of the North W…
Pakistan's constitutional order has faced several disruptions over the past sixty years. The latest disruption occurred in 2007 when President General Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in the country and suspended the constitution. Again, in the aftermath of the Ame…
A detailed history of Pakistan's attempt to build the atomic bomb in the 1970s and Jimmy Carter's reaction to the tense diplomatic situation.
Efficacy of behavioral interventions to improve maternal health seeking behavior (MHSB) has been increasingly scrutinized, particularly in developing countries like Pakistan. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact the Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (200…
The Partition of the Indian subcontinent – into India and Pakistan in 1947 – was one of the crucial moments marking the break between the colonial and postcolonial era. My project is invested in exploring the Partition not merely in terms of the events of August 1947, but as an …
As the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan continues in its tenth year, it is important to evaluate not only the short-term effectiveness, but also the long-term implications of lethal targeting – specifically the use of armed drone strikes – against high-value individuals. This paper e…
This thesis examines the political, moral, legal, and diplomatic controversy of the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) fast-growing drone program in the Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af-Pak) border region. First, this thesis provides a general overview of the covert drone program inten…