The security state in Pakistan: legal foundations
by Syed Sami Raza
- New York Routledge 2019
- xiv, 173p.
- Routledge studies in South Asian politics ; 15 .
- Routledge studies in South Asian politics ; 15. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages163-167) and index.
Introduction -- The colonial state of security -- The post-colonial state of security -- The Anti-Terrorism Act, ATA (1997) -- Expansion and entrenchment of the legal regime of security -- Security and the absolute right to life: critical reflections on the revival of capital punishment -- Aliens, identity, and legal regime of security on the border -- Epilogue: Kharotabad killings: security and political responsibility.
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Internal security--Law and legislation--Pakistan. Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation--Pakistan. Human rights--Pakistan.
Pakistan--Politics and government. Pakistan--History.