Paper short abstract:

This paper explores the diverse spatial categories of international migration in Pakistan and its implications for the national politics and foreign relations.

Paper long abstract:

Through a spatial explanation, by taking into account the historical and geographic dimensions of international migration in Pakistan, this study maps out varied nature of social networks that are maintained across border. These social networks have been temporally intensified as well as spatially extended in terms of hegemonic and political discourses mediated through social media in present times. Given the differential access, use, and impact of social media, these social networks are unfolded in complicated political processes in and outside Pakistan. Therefore, international relations and foreign policy of Pakistan can be analyzed in the context of such spatialized synchronization of global networks. The study also shows that there is a correlation between national politics and spatially marked social networks. Having said this, it explores some spatial categories of international migration and its implications for national politics and foreign relations of the country.