Rainwater Rethink

At a recent discussion hosted by the Urban Resource Centre in Karachi, architects and town planners examined the city’s devastating monsoon flooding. A clear consensus emerged on what the rest

Reporting on floods

IN reporting on floods, four terms have been used constantly. They have traditional planning-related meanings, which can no longer be applied to them because of the phenomenon of climate change.

Complete chaos

Recent rains exposed authorities’ claims regarding Karachi’s preparedness. Can one still hope for a metropolitan that can manage heavy rains? Since August 19, Karachi is slowly returning to normalcy after

Karachi floods

IT rained heavily in 2020. And now it is 2025. The rains have once again devastated Karachi. We have witnessed flooded streets, huge traffic jams, students, working-class employees, motorcyclists and

Bracing for impact

MONSOON rains, cloudbursts, landslides and flash floods have wreaked havoc in KP, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Since mid-August, harsh weather conditions have left hundreds of people dead, while uprooting thousands