Residents poured into the streets in fear and anticipation, as KMC teams launched an anti-encroachment operation in the surroundings of Gujjar nullah. PHOTO: ONLINE/File The Supreme Court has directed the
A view of some demolished houses along Gujjar Nullah.—White Star/file KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Sindh government to fulfil its responsibility for rehabilitating over 6,900 families rendered homeless by
The low-cost sanitation programme has now become famous worldwide for how it involves poor communities in upgrading their own settlements. Sometime in 1973, I received a phone call from a
In a significant administrative move, the Sindh government has announced plans to rename four districts within the Karachi Division. This decision, reported by the 24NewsHd TV channel, aims to reflect
Recent record-breaking floods in Pakistan led to anti-encroachment drives of settlements across Karachi’s natural drains, displacing individuals. This included individuals from several communities, who then had to relocate. However, Hindu
With affordable land a pipe dream for the urban poor what, if anything, has changed in the last 50 years, and what lobbying tactics are the most – and least
WEATHER experts have warned that a new rain system will strike Balochistan in the next few days. This will increase the extent of damage already caused by the recent bout
Despite the male-dominated environment, women persist in their efforts to explore and assert their identities within the urban landscape As I walked through the lush green and extensive Frere Hall
THE changes that are taking place in the built environment of Karachi’s low- and middle-income neighbourhoods are hard to ignore by those vested in urban planning. The increase in population,
Since the authorities are not accustomed to hard thinking, they often go for the solution of constructing a flyover to solve traffic congestion in any area, which often does not
