Under the gun: political parties and violence in Pakistan

Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Nazir Ahamd Mir's review of Niloufer A. Siddiqui’s book ‘Under the gun: political parties and violence in Pakistan’ has been published in Journal of Contemporary South Asia.

The author sets out to explain the nature of violence, especially its (mis)use in electoral calculations by political parties. She demonstrates that this even involves the utilization of various militias, as in Pakistan the state lacks a ‘monopoly of violence.

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