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Zafar Ullah is a PhD candidate in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests focus on intimacy studies, urban transformations, and necropolitics, particularly in the context of Quetta, Pakistan. He examines how infrastructure operates as a material system intertwined with sovereign powers, particularly in segregating and erasing bodies under exceptional governance. His work emphasizes the entanglement of sectarianization, infrastructure, and the politics of death, exploring how specific individuals and communities respond to necropolitical control, crafting alternative possibilities for life amid moments of rupture and abandonment. Ullah's research uncovers everyday acts of survival and resistance, tracing the political imaginaries formed in the shadows of violence. He has presented at various conferences and workshops, including those at University College London and the University of Wisconsin, where he discusses themes of state, religion, and the lived experiences of marginalized communities in Pakistan.
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