Komal Niazi
Biographic Data
| ID | 715447 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Komal Niazi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Komal |
| FAMILY NAME | Niazi |
| SIGNATURE | NIAZI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sun Yat-sen University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0106-6186 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Navigating pressure
This study explores the complex interplay between academic, social and cultural pressures and the mental health of female university students in Pakistan. Operating within a collectivist society, these students face unique challenges, including high academic expectations, financial constraints and rigid gender roles, which significantly increase their vulnerability to psychological distress, anxiety and depression. Despite the high prevalence of …
Securitised development, popular politics and the authoritarian state in Pakistan
Choosing between energy and ecologies of health
Environmental crises, precipitated by a globally dominant model of developmentalism, have changed the lives of less visible communities in geographical peripheries. This study draws on our participant observation of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in general as a massive infrastructural development project and the Qadirabad coal power plant as one of many CPEC projects where developmentalism and local lives intersect with each other. …
Retracted Article
An Ethnographic Study of Cross-Cultural Relations between China and Pakistan under the Umbrella of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Cultural exchange between Pakistani and Chinese citizens increased after the launch of CPEC . Cooperation and understanding between the governments extended to collaboration and acceptance among the people. And people-to-people relations between the two sides strengthened. Students, artists, sportspersons, businesspeople, professionals, and workers travelled and developed a rapport with locals. A detailed study of the Sahiwal coal power plant and…
State, religion and the marginalisation of traditional healing in Gwadar, Pakistan
This ethnographic encounter explores suppression and domination faced by traditional health seekers in Gwadar, Pakistan. The study aimed to provide an insight into the ways in which practicing traditional healthcare becomes a challenge when it conflicts with the assimilationist project of the state. Qualitative research methods, including in-depth interviews and participant observation, were used to collect data on the encounters of traditional h…
Micro Impacts of a Macro-Level Trading Partnership
Trade and investment lead to economic development of regions and nations. Economists focus on the benefits derived from these activities, but there are also costs, many of which go unnoticed in studies that examine the aggregate effects of projects. This article examines the effects on one village in Pakistan of the construction of two coal-fired power plants that are elements in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which is the largest c…
An Ethnographic Study of Cross-Cultural Relations between China and Pakistan under the Umbrella of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Cultural exchange between Pakistani and Chinese citizens increased after the launch of CPEC . Cooperation and understanding between the governments extended to collaboration and acceptance among the people. And people-to-people relations between the two sides strengthened. Students, artists, sportspersons, businesspeople, professionals, and workers travelled and developed a rapport with locals. A detailed study of the Sahiwal coal power plant and…
Micro Impacts of a Macro-Level Trading Partnership
Trade and investment lead to economic development of regions and nations. Economists focus on the benefits derived from these activities, but there are also costs, many of which go unnoticed in studies that examine the aggregate effects of projects. This article examines the effects on one village in Pakistan of the construction of two coal-fired power plants that are elements in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which is the largest c…
Retracted Article
An Ethnographic Study of Cross-Cultural Relations between China and Pakistan under the Umbrella of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Cultural exchange between Pakistani and Chinese citizens increased after the launch of CPEC . Cooperation and understanding between the governments extended to collaboration and acceptance among the people. And people-to-people relations between the two sides strengthened. Students, artists, sportspersons, businesspeople, professionals, and workers travelled and developed a rapport with locals. A detailed study of the Sahiwal coal power plant and…
State, religion and the marginalisation of traditional healing in Gwadar, Pakistan
This ethnographic encounter explores suppression and domination faced by traditional health seekers in Gwadar, Pakistan. The study aimed to provide an insight into the ways in which practicing traditional healthcare becomes a challenge when it conflicts with the assimilationist project of the state. Qualitative research methods, including in-depth interviews and participant observation, were used to collect data on the encounters of traditional h…
Micro Impacts of a Macro-Level Trading Partnership
Trade and investment lead to economic development of regions and nations. Economists focus on the benefits derived from these activities, but there are also costs, many of which go unnoticed in studies that examine the aggregate effects of projects. This article examines the effects on one village in Pakistan of the construction of two coal-fired power plants that are elements in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which is the largest c…
Choosing between energy and ecologies of health
Environmental crises, precipitated by a globally dominant model of developmentalism, have changed the lives of less visible communities in geographical peripheries. This study draws on our participant observation of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in general as a massive infrastructural development project and the Qadirabad coal power plant as one of many CPEC projects where developmentalism and local lives intersect with each other. …
Navigating pressure
This study explores the complex interplay between academic, social and cultural pressures and the mental health of female university students in Pakistan. Operating within a collectivist society, these students face unique challenges, including high academic expectations, financial constraints and rigid gender roles, which significantly increase their vulnerability to psychological distress, anxiety and depression. Despite the high prevalence of …
Securitised development, popular politics and the authoritarian state in Pakistan
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · China (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Belt and Road Initiative (2 works) · China's Global Influence and Migration (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)