IRD’s new title on “PRIVACY & SURVEILLANCE: Public Preferneces in Pakishan” will be released on 16th March. Based on rigorous research and empirical data, the book author Dr Akbar Nasir Khan raises important but neglected questions related to security-privacy trade off. Based on extensive survey, the data generated responds to some of the key issues concerning privacy and Surveillance debate in Pakistan. The author, Dr Akbar Nasir Khan, a PhD from a renowned university in UK, a civil servant in the police services group, and a pioneer in setting up the safe city project in Lahore; is keenly interested in initiating a debate on the subject of the book in the public discourse.
The book will be available soon at Saeed Books, Mr Books Islamabad, and at the IRD.