A new expressway threatens Karachi’s largest green space

The Malir Expressway will destroy much-needed green space and worsen the risk of floods and extreme heat in Pakistan’s largest city. As the impacts of climate change are being increasingly

The Changing Status of Karachi’s Women

The people, neighbourhoods and public spaces of Karachi have undergone a radical transformation over the past seven decades. In a traditionally segregated society, a change in the status of women

Dire need for public toilets, govt indifference highlighted at seminar

(L-R) Seema Liaquat, Arif Hasan, Zoha Alvi, Nuzhat Shirin and Zofeen T. Ebrahim during the discussion at the URC office. — Photo by author KARACHI: The importance, rather dire need,

‘Govt reappropriated Rs200m from Gujjar Nullah rehabilitation project’

The Sindh government has reappropriated Rs200 million from the project of the rehabilitation of the Gujjar Nullah and Orangi Nullah affectees to a road construction project in Sukkur namely, ‘Construction/Rehabilitation