@IDEASpak

Institute of Development & Economic Alternatives | A research hub for rigorous, evidence-based knowledge on economic and social development in Pakistan

 Lahore, Pakistan
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Joined July 2011
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IDEAS and Bazm-e-AaLam present the latest instalment of the Book Talk Series, Refugee Cities: How Afghans Changed Urban Pakistan, with Dr. Sanaa Alimia and moderated by @MaryamShKhan youtu.be/6OuCY8ggsQw
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This Independence Day, we honor Pakistan’s Women Constitution-Makers 📖 Explore the Women Constitution-Makers: Digital Archive to learn more about these six women and their remarkable contributions: ideasdev.org/social-exclusio…
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The Women Constitution-Makers Project, led by IDEAS Research Fellow Dr. @MaryamShKhan , seeks to reclaim the political voices and vision of these women who helped shape Pakistan’s Constitution.
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Through oral history methods, the project captures their interventions inside the assembly, and complements them with stories from colleagues, friends, and family to chronicle their life histories.
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"Dividing the Nation into Patricians and Plebeians": Pakistan National Congress and the Decolonizing Politics of Constitution Making by @MaryamShKhan 🔗 ideasdev.org/publications/di… Published by @DukePress

“Dividing the Nation into Patricians and Plebeians”: Pakistan National Congress and the Decoloniz...

This article foregrounds the role of the Pakistan National Congress (PNC) in constitution making in the newly independent “two-wing” state of Pakistan in the aftermath of decolonization. The PNC was...

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The article highlights the Pakistan National Congress’s role in early Pakistan’s constitution making—beyond secularism—framing its goals as a decolonizing project to resist elite dominance and advance federalism for East Bengal’s majority representation and autonomy.
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Read IDEAS Research Fellow @MaryamShKhan’s contribution to SLR’s 20th Anniversary Issue, offering a detailed and reflexive survey of the sites of emergence and development of socio-legal research in Pakistan. 🔗 repository.nls.ac.in/slr/vol…

Locating Socio-Legal Research in Pakistan: A Reflexive Approach

This article presents a detailed survey of the sites of emergence and development of socio-legal research in Pakistan, locating it on a historical arc extending from the decolonisation era to...

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Socio-Legal Review@SLR_NLSIU19 Jun 2025
SLR's Special 20th Anniversary Issue is out now! Volume 20(2) reflects on two decades of socio-legal inquiry from India, South Asia, and beyond—through legal history, anthropology, mitigation practice, comparative method & institutional memory. Read here: repository.nls.ac.in/slr/
Table of Contents from Socio-Legal Review, Volume 20, Issue 2. The contents include: Editorial – page vi Articles: Fingerprints and Fragments: Reflections on the Challenges and Contributions of Socio-Legal History by Elizabeth Lhost – page 1 Cultivating Attentiveness to Law in India through Legal Anthropology by Deepa Das Acevedo & Jahnavi Chamarthi – page 25 The Meaning and Challenges of an Interdisciplinary Sentencing Exercise: Reflections from a Death Penalty Mitigation Practice by Anup Surendranath and Maitreyi Misra – page 52 Locating Socio-Legal Research in Pakistan: A Reflexive Approach by Maryam S Khan – page 92 Socio-Legal Enquiry on a Global Scale: Legal Intermediation, the Geography of Extraction, and the (Re)Negotiation of Africa’s Relationship with the World Economy by Sara Dezalay – page 120 Postscript by Kalyani Ramnath – page 149

ALT Table of Contents from Socio-Legal Review, Volume 20, Issue 2. The contents include: Editorial – page vi Articles: Fingerprints and Fragments: Reflections on the Challenges and Contributions of Socio-Legal History by Elizabeth Lhost – page 1 Cultivating Attentiveness to Law in India through Legal Anthropology by Deepa Das Acevedo & Jahnavi Chamarthi – page 25 The Meaning and Challenges of an Interdisciplinary Sentencing Exercise: Reflections from a Death Penalty Mitigation Practice by Anup Surendranath and Maitreyi Misra – page 52 Locating Socio-Legal Research in Pakistan: A Reflexive Approach by Maryam S Khan – page 92 Socio-Legal Enquiry on a Global Scale: Legal Intermediation, the Geography of Extraction, and the (Re)Negotiation of Africa’s Relationship with the World Economy by Sara Dezalay – page 120 Postscript by Kalyani Ramnath – page 149

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Catch an insightful roundtable discussion on the contours of socio-legal scholarship today, with a special focus on South Asia. ▶️ Watch the recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=y5MuTV6D…

SLR@20: Reflections from India, South Asia, and Beyond | Launch of...

Socio-Legal Review (‘SLR’) was first published in 2005 by a group o...

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We're excited to share that IDEAS Research Fellow @MaryamShKhan will be speaking at the launch of the special 20th Anniversary Issue of the Socio-Legal Review (SLR)! 📌 Don’t miss this important conversation — register here: shorturl.at/ElSzB 🗓️18 June | 3 PM IST
Socio-Legal Review@SLR_NLSIU13 Jun 2025
It’s finally here! India, South Asia, and Beyond—SLR’s ambitious 20th Anniversary Issue takes stock of the field. Join us on 18 June, 3 PM IST for its launch + round-table with our authors on what socio-legal inquiry means today. Q&A to follow! Register: shorturl.at/ElSzB
Poster for the launch of Socio-Legal Review’s Special 20th Anniversary Issue titled “SLR@20: Reflections from India, South Asia, and Beyond.” Includes details of an online round-table discussion on “Socio-Legal Today” featuring editors in conversation with Elizabeth Lhost, Anup Surendranath, Maitreyi Misra, Maryam S Khan, and Sara Dezalay. Event is on 18 May 2025, Wednesday at 3:00 PM IST. Registration link: shorturl.at/EISzB. Background image shows a classroom at NLSIU. Footer reads: "2005 – SLR Turns Twenty – 2025."

ALT Poster for the launch of Socio-Legal Review’s Special 20th Anniversary Issue titled “SLR@20: Reflections from India, South Asia, and Beyond.” Includes details of an online round-table discussion on “Socio-Legal Today” featuring editors in conversation with Elizabeth Lhost, Anup Surendranath, Maitreyi Misra, Maryam S Khan, and Sara Dezalay. Event is on 18 May 2025, Wednesday at 3:00 PM IST. Registration link: shorturl.at/EISzB. Background image shows a classroom at NLSIU. Footer reads: "2005 – SLR Turns Twenty – 2025."

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IDEAS Research Fellow Dr. @MaryamShKhan outlines her collaborative work on law in South Asia in this thread. Read more:
Dr. Maryam S. Khan@MaryamShKhan13 Jun 2025
1) Since 2020 I've had the pleasure of collaborating on multiple intellectual projects with fellow-scholars from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka & Nepal. I dream of a time when we can all sit together anywhere in South Asia & brainstorm over our collective histories and experiences!
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As part of the SuPWR project, research assistants at IDEAS have been documenting and analyzing the struggle against child marriage in Pakistan. Read ahead to learn why the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025 in the Islamabad Capital Territory is an important milestone,
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📸 SuPWR Exhibition From December 16–18, 2024, IDEAS co-hosted the SuPWR Exhibition at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) as part of the Pathways to Development Conference. 📷 ideasdev.org/news/sustaining…

Sustaining Power: Women’s Struggles Against Contemporary Backlash in South Asia (SuPWR) Exhibition...

The Sustaining Power: Women’s Struggles Against Contemporary Backlash in South Asia (SuPWR) Exhibition took place from December 16-18th 2024 in Lahore. The exhibition was held as part of the Sustai...

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🎨 View the full SuPWR Virtual Exhibition here to explore all 16 struggles from across South Asia: supwr.org/online-exhibition-…

Online Exhibition: Sustaining Power - SuPWR

This online exhibition showcases art & imagery centring the voices from women’s rights movements in India, Bangladesh, Nepal & Pakistan.

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🏛️ Legislative change is a long road. The passage of the 2025 Child Marriage Restraint Act in Islamabad marks a major milestone in the struggle against child marriage in Pakistan. This timeline traces the legal, social, and political struggle that made this reform possible.
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📽️ Read more about the anti-child marriage struggle: supwr.org/struggles/child-ri… 🧾 Explore a digital archive mapping the history of the struggle against child marriage: antichildmarriagestrugglepak… Infographic by: @Khadijatah1r
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