Sindh govt told to build public toilets across province

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday directed the provincial and local governments to establish public toilets and carry out maintenance of the existing lavatories at public places and

No order issued by SC for removal of hawkers: registrar

KARACHI: Terming a report published in Dawn about its recent order “factually inaccurate and misleading”, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has said its April 25 order “does not direct the removal

The CJP and Karachi hawkers

Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, on April 28, directed that within three days all encroachments from public spaces, including pavements, should be removed. This is not dissimilar from

Road to economic empowerment: challenges facing Pakistani women

The ever-increasing participation of women in circuits of production is a welcome phenomenon. Yet women, as a community, still lag behind their male counterparts in development indicators and access to

Developing Karachi’s faulty wants over needs

The new fiscal year brings a unique political combination to Sindh, especially Karachi. The same political party manages the province and city. Some optimists believe that Karachi’s fate will now

CULTURE: VERSES OF DEFIANCE

The March 1970 cover of the weekly Lail-o-Nahar magazine featuring the verses of Josh Malihabadi | Photos by the writer “In the dark times/ Will there also be singing? Yes,

Lethal streets

KARACHI has been in the throes of brutal street crime including robberies, muggings and killings for several months. The recent killing of Syed Turab Hussain Zaidi for resisting robbery is a case