Farhan Hanif Siddiqi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4063951 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Farhan Hanif Siddiqi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Farhan Hanif |
| FAMILY NAME | Siddiqi |
| SIGNATURE | SIDDIQI F H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Karachi |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-6995-3010 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Territorial re-organisation of administrative units in Pakistan: The demand for new provinces in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Sindh
Navigating Pakistan’s Religious, Social and Political Fault Lines in the 1980s: Contemporary Trends and Relevance
How do sociopolitical developments in the 1980s endure in contemporary Pakistan? The article answers this question across three dimensions: first, the religious, as witnessed in General Zia-ul-Haq’s weaponization of blasphemy laws that shaped the rise of a majoritarian political actor in the shape of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) in 2017. Second, the social, with Zia-ul-Haq’s Islamization laws denigrating the agency of women leading to the…
Contemplating Peace between India and Pakistan
Unity in diversity: Constituting and constructing Pakistan’s national identity
This article critically explores the evolution and expression of a Pakistani national identity as a project of assertion in the post-colonial period. While the initial years of Pakistan’s independence were marked by ambiguity over the religious versus secular direction of the Pakistani identity, there was no dithering over an absolutist national identity (Pakistani) that was to be strictly followed and ordained in contrast to sub-national, ethnic…
Political Parties as Transmitters of Political Culture: Competitive Party Dynamics and Political Sub-cultures in Pakistan
Discrimination is what ethnic groups make of it: Subjective perceptions of peripherality among the Mohajirs of Pakistan
The article attends to the dynamic of subjective interpretation of socio‐economic conditions by ethnic elites in ways that convince co‐ethnics of their relative deprivation and discrimination. The article asserts that it is essential to move beyond structuralist explanations relative to economic deprivation and discrimination for they stand to essentialise social and economic conditions as defined by ethnic entrepreneurs themselves. In studying t…
Pakistan and Singapore as Small Powers: Comparative Thematic Evaluation and Policy Imperatives
The subject of international relations and its theories are based primarily on what the great powers do. Major ir theories including realism and neorealism have put small states and powers at the very margins of their respective theories arguing that since they do not display any form of power at the national and systemic levels they could as easily be discarded from theoretical and empirical debate and analysis. The present article challenges th…
Security Dynamics in Pakistani Balochistan: Religious Activism and Ethnic Conflict in the War on Terror
Balochistan is in the grip of two distinct and mutually exclusive ethnonational and religious movements that straddle important swathes of its rugged and mountainous territory. From Quetta up in the north to the coast of Makran in the south, Balochistan is being shaped by the twin forces of local nationalism and jihadist organizations. Domestically, the issue of Balochistan has remained an Achilles heel for Pakistan's policy makers culminating in…
Nation-formation and national movement(s) in Pakistan: A critical estimation of Hroch's stage theory
The present article critically evaluates Hroch's theory in light of the Sindhi and Baloch national movements in Pakistan. At the heart of the issue are the social preconditions and the stage theory which Hroch posits to comprehend both the formation of nations and origins of the national movement. As far as social preconditions are concerned, the article contests the overarching notion in Hroch's theory that only when a complete class structure d…
Intra-ethnic fissures in ethnic movements: The rise of Mohajir identity politics in post-1971 Pakistan
The article charts the rise of Mohajir identity politics in Pakistan since 1971. Most accounts of Mohajir identity politics have focused mainly on one actor, that is, the Mohajir (now Muttahida) Qaumi Movement and their politics and secondly, have remained silent on intra-ethnic fissures within the Mohajir community. The present article builds on and criticises such accounts for their partiality and presents a more nuanced understanding of politi…
Discrimination is what ethnic groups make of it: Subjective perceptions of peripherality among the Mohajirs of Pakistan
The article attends to the dynamic of subjective interpretation of socio‐economic conditions by ethnic elites in ways that convince co‐ethnics of their relative deprivation and discrimination. The article asserts that it is essential to move beyond structuralist explanations relative to economic deprivation and discrimination for they stand to essentialise social and economic conditions as defined by ethnic entrepreneurs themselves. In studying t…
Territorial re-organisation of administrative units in Pakistan: The demand for new provinces in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Sindh
Intra-ethnic fissures in ethnic movements: The rise of Mohajir identity politics in post-1971 Pakistan
The article charts the rise of Mohajir identity politics in Pakistan since 1971. Most accounts of Mohajir identity politics have focused mainly on one actor, that is, the Mohajir (now Muttahida) Qaumi Movement and their politics and secondly, have remained silent on intra-ethnic fissures within the Mohajir community. The present article builds on and criticises such accounts for their partiality and presents a more nuanced understanding of politi…
Nation-formation and national movement(s) in Pakistan: A critical estimation of Hroch's stage theory
The present article critically evaluates Hroch's theory in light of the Sindhi and Baloch national movements in Pakistan. At the heart of the issue are the social preconditions and the stage theory which Hroch posits to comprehend both the formation of nations and origins of the national movement. As far as social preconditions are concerned, the article contests the overarching notion in Hroch's theory that only when a complete class structure d…
Intra-ethnic fissures in ethnic movements: The rise of Mohajir identity politics in post-1971 Pakistan
The article charts the rise of Mohajir identity politics in Pakistan since 1971. Most accounts of Mohajir identity politics have focused mainly on one actor, that is, the Mohajir (now Muttahida) Qaumi Movement and their politics and secondly, have remained silent on intra-ethnic fissures within the Mohajir community. The present article builds on and criticises such accounts for their partiality and presents a more nuanced understanding of politi…
Security Dynamics in Pakistani Balochistan: Religious Activism and Ethnic Conflict in the War on Terror
Balochistan is in the grip of two distinct and mutually exclusive ethnonational and religious movements that straddle important swathes of its rugged and mountainous territory. From Quetta up in the north to the coast of Makran in the south, Balochistan is being shaped by the twin forces of local nationalism and jihadist organizations. Domestically, the issue of Balochistan has remained an Achilles heel for Pakistan's policy makers culminating in…
Pakistan and Singapore as Small Powers: Comparative Thematic Evaluation and Policy Imperatives
The subject of international relations and its theories are based primarily on what the great powers do. Major ir theories including realism and neorealism have put small states and powers at the very margins of their respective theories arguing that since they do not display any form of power at the national and systemic levels they could as easily be discarded from theoretical and empirical debate and analysis. The present article challenges th…
Discrimination is what ethnic groups make of it: Subjective perceptions of peripherality among the Mohajirs of Pakistan
The article attends to the dynamic of subjective interpretation of socio‐economic conditions by ethnic elites in ways that convince co‐ethnics of their relative deprivation and discrimination. The article asserts that it is essential to move beyond structuralist explanations relative to economic deprivation and discrimination for they stand to essentialise social and economic conditions as defined by ethnic entrepreneurs themselves. In studying t…
Political Parties as Transmitters of Political Culture: Competitive Party Dynamics and Political Sub-cultures in Pakistan
Unity in diversity: Constituting and constructing Pakistan’s national identity
This article critically explores the evolution and expression of a Pakistani national identity as a project of assertion in the post-colonial period. While the initial years of Pakistan’s independence were marked by ambiguity over the religious versus secular direction of the Pakistani identity, there was no dithering over an absolutist national identity (Pakistani) that was to be strictly followed and ordained in contrast to sub-national, ethnic…
Contemplating Peace between India and Pakistan
Territorial re-organisation of administrative units in Pakistan: The demand for new provinces in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Sindh
Navigating Pakistan’s Religious, Social and Political Fault Lines in the 1980s: Contemporary Trends and Relevance
How do sociopolitical developments in the 1980s endure in contemporary Pakistan? The article answers this question across three dimensions: first, the religious, as witnessed in General Zia-ul-Haq’s weaponization of blasphemy laws that shaped the rise of a majoritarian political actor in the shape of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) in 2017. Second, the social, with Zia-ul-Haq’s Islamization laws denigrating the agency of women leading to the…
Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Economics (4 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)