FOR a state to deprive residents of their homes without providing for alternative housing for them is a dereliction of duty. To do so during a pandemic when large numbers
The writer is a Karachi-based academic and researcher. INSTEAD of a ‘politics of control’, the residents of Karachi desire a ‘politics of performance’. This approach is nowhere in sight. The
The writer is an architect, urban planner, and social activist. ALL over the world the pandemic has hit the poor more than anyone else. Especially those who have no homes
Buildings along a nullah in Liaquatabad being demolished to widen the waterway ahead of the monsoons in Karachi, March 18, 2021. Photo: Online/Sabir Mazhar There are two little stories about
“We have spent our childhood and youth in these houses,” said Abid Asghar, a leader of the Gujjar Nala affectees. — White Star/File KARACHI: A human chain was formed alongside
The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi. THE Supreme Court has expressed its displeasure over the progress of certain development projects in Karachi and concern at the
The basic contract between a state and its citizens is that the former will care for all of its needs The basic contract between a state and its citizens is
An anti-encroachment tribunal on Wednesday refrained the authorities from demolishing leased houses during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive along the Gujjar Nullah. The tribunal’s presiding officer, Shakil Ahmed Abbasi, directed the
Naseem, a Korangi Nullah operation affectee, said that during the operation in his area, two people suffered heart attacks. — Fahim Siddiqi / White Star KARACHI: “We have no voice
Each development initiative pushes the poor out of their abodes, disrupts their lives and destroys their fragile assets. Abdul Rahim (not his real name) came to Karachi in 2012 in
