Submissions from 2020
A cross-cultural study of audience responses to Black Mirror’s ‘Bandersnatch’, Wajiya Abid
There is no word for the almost-home: a literary analysis of diasporic belonging/unbelonging in Warsan Shire’s "Our men do not belong to us", Syeda Rabeea Ahmad
Unions, investment, and dilemmas, Raffae Mansuri
Conceptions of nazar: an exploration into Muslim beliefs about nazar, Ayesha Muhammad
Married women’s abilities to maintain and form friendships, Wasfiya Emon Sheikh
Analyzing the impact of the 18th Amendment decentralization on the public education sectors of Sindh and Punjab, Mohammad Usama
Submissions from 2019
An Infinite Partition: women's post-migration experiences of citizenship, mobility, and belonging, Ilsa Abdul Razzak
The management of time and space in Shah Bhittai’s Sohni, Asadullah Alvi
The political economy of Pipple Bhutta and changing zamindar-kammi relations, Muhammad Souman Elah
Representation of women in fairness cream television advertisements: the case of Fair & Lovely and Olivia Fair & Beautiful, Tooba Fariduddin
Contextualizing institutional fragmentation in the larger crisis of urban governance in Karachi, Sunil Mahesani
Offense and its relation to comedy in Indian society, Nazahat Nadeem
Doing romance and navigating manhoods: a study of four young men, Maheen Ahmed Sachedina
Gendered perceptions in on-campus politics, Aleena Sahar
Sufi saints and politics: conceptualizing pīrī-murīdī in the movement for the restoration of democracy, Shehroze Ahmed Sheikh
Submissions from 2018
Learning approaches of Intermediate and A’ Levels students, Muhammad Abbas
The evolution of Russian soft power and hard power under Putin, Ghazi Taimoor Ahmed
Rethinking pan-Islam in Urdu newspapers in British India, 1911-14, Fatima Aizaz
Mr. Olympia and the commodified U.S. muscular man: a time-series analysis of Mr. Olympia and its socio-historical influence through capitalism, Vernon Arthur Anthick
Fiction, falsehoods, and truth: Michael Chabon’s Moonglow and autofictional storytelling in the age of Trump, Mikhyle Sigmund Anthony
MQM’s voter sustainability in Karachi 1984-2017, Syed Muhammad Anas bin Qadeer
The walls as a canvas: contesting the walls of peace amidst Karachi's urban chaos, Hafsa Salim Bramchari
Exploring the impact of technology on the experience of boredom in millennials, Quratulain Farooqui
Assessing regime nature and endurance in contemporary Venezuela, Ali Abid Hasan
An exploration of transitional experiences of undergraduate seniors through a statistical and phenomenological lens, Ayesha Hussain
Musharraf’s enlightened moderation and Pakistan’s attempt at Islamic reform, Khalid Omer Khan Sherwani
Ardeshir Cowasjee Centre for Writing (ACCW), IBA: an analytical autoethnographic account, Muhammad Khurram
Lyari: Pakistan’s little Brazil, Muhammad Talha Muneer
Effects of hijab and niqab on the success of psychotherapy, Ramsha Nasrullah
Visualising counterterrorism: the legitimization and justification of war, Fizza Inayat Qureshi
Girls at Dhabas: an ethnographic study of desi feminists redefining public spaces on their own terms and whims, Aaisha Saeed
Deconstructing the political economy of urban service delivery in Karachi: case study of the solid waste sector, Amenah Sajid
Reading television: narrations of history, culture and crisis in Aangan Ṭeṛha, Aaisha Salman
Pakistan & religiosity: on ideological passion, identity threat and extremism, Rabbiya Shahid
Investigating the stereotypes and prejudices associated with the Bengali ethnic group in Karachi, Neshmia Shujaat
Misconceptions about the Ottoman Caliphate in 19th century North India, Muneeb Ahmed Siddiqui
Crisis of crises: the case of the Afghan refugee crisis, Ehsn Ahmed Suri
Influence of peer relations on academic achievement, Shiza Tahir
Remembering the past-- collective memory of socio-political events: the case of partition 1947, Mahil Tufail
Annyeong Hallyu: South Korean dramas in Pakistan, Mehak Zehra
History, social codes and rituals of Dawat-e-Islami, Muhammed Ali Zubair Edhi
Submissions from 2017
Theorizing the slum in Karachi: urban informality and the postcolonial state, Sadia Amin
Discourse analysis of print media: Punjab protection of women against violence act 2016 ("Act"), Uzair Sadiq Bilal
The role and impact of public-private partnerships in promoting education to rural areas of Sindh, Waseem Iqbal Chandio
The politics of the governance of women's bodies in urban households of Karachi, Bia Alina Ehtesham
Coping with labels: mothers of children with autism, Juveriah Furrukh
Urban informality, commercialization in Karachi and the post-colonial state: a case study, Iruj Humayun
Mohenjo-Daro: the making of a national monument, Kanwal Ilyas
Life of a Dalit in Sindh, Pakistan: history, etymology, and relations with other groups, Shadab Junejo
Lunacy as biopower: a study of the lunatic in the legal and public imaginary in Sindh, Bakhtawar Niaz Khaskheli
From adebarsteine to home: an exploration of the difficulties and challenges to adoption in Pakistan, Nermeen Khalid Kushtiwala
Psychiatric institutes dealing with substance abuse patients in Karachi, Samiya Nafees
Gambling in Pakistan’s TV game shows? Analyses of audience’s behavior in Inaam Ghar and Neelam Ghar, Talheen Ali Naqvi
Nostalgia: a Gestaltian reconceptualisation, Ilsa Rashid
Stereotyping Sindhi identity and its historical roots, Usra Rasool
Maudūḍī’s Nizām e Hayāt and construction of Muslim nationhood: the colonial context and competing contemporary ideologies, Zahra Saleem
Pseudo-dhaabas: a reconceptualization of public spaces in Karachi, Misal Shujjat
Fostering imagination through storytelling, Nobia Syed
Karachi classified: unpacking the gated community, Sabahat Zehra
