The Security State in Pakistan

Raza, Syed Sami

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“…Pakistan is often described as a security state: namely, a state facing “a real or perceived state of emergency” arising from “an external threat to the state’s defense and security or from an internal threat to its public order” (Raza 2019:2). According to Sami Raza, “the legal regime of security has grown and thrived in Pakistan” (2019:3).…”

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“Safe Cities” in Pakistan: Knowledge Infrastructures, Urban Planning, and the Security State

Hong

2022

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Throughout the world, cities are partnering with multinational corporations to launch “safe city solutions”, technical‐bureaucratic assemblages which use integrated information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance urban safety and security. In metropolitan Pakistan, safe city projects are framed as responses of the “security state”—a common lens through which the country is regularly understood. The article, however, situates safe city projects and the concept of security, more generally, within the history of infrastructure development and urban planning in Pakistan. It shows that safe city projects shape the relations between the state, people, urban environments, and material things in three key ways. First, the collection and production of vast quantities of data through which ICTs make people not only the objects of—but also the input for—“safe city solutions”. Second, safe city projects idealise state modernity, professionalism, and efficiency. Finally, safe city projects are connected to complex financial and legal regimes, which position security in relation to proprietary technologies.

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Section: Safe Cities and The Security Statementioning

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“Safe Cities” in Pakistan: Knowledge Infrastructures, Urban Planning, and the Security State

Hong

2022

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The Security State in Pakistan

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“Safe Cities” in Pakistan: Knowledge Infrastructures, Urban Planning, and the Security State

“Safe Cities” in Pakistan: Knowledge Infrastructures, Urban Planning, and the Security State

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