PAKISTAN: Afghan Refugees, Identity-Making & State Policy

A discussion on media narratives of Afghan refugees in Pakistan and the government's recent enforcement of forced repatriation.
About this Event

An online panel discussion on media narratives of Afghan refugees in Pakistan and the government's recent enforcement of forced repatriation, focused on the recently published Afghan Refugees, Pakistani Media and the State: The Missing Peace (2024).

SPEAKERS

(@SanaaAlimia) is Assistant Professor in Political Science, Aga Khan University, London, and author of (2022).

(@syedirfanashraf) is Assistant Professor in Journalism & Mass Communications, University of Peshawar, and author of (2023).

(@zubaan_daraz) is Lecturer in Journalism & Communication, University of New South Wales, Sydney, and author of (2024).

(@kretzschmar_s) is Professor of Innovation in Journalism, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, and co-editor of Innovation in Journalism: Theories, Methods, Potential? (in German, I, 2024).

DISCUSSANT

(@omar_alghazzi) is Associate Professor in Media & Communications, LSE, specialising in the geopolitics of global communications, especially in relation to news media and popular culture.

CHAIR

is Deputy Director, LSE South Asia Centre (@SAsiaLSE).

This event is part of our 'Fact & Fiction' series.