World then & now

WHEN I began working in low-income settlements in the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was no such thing as NGOs and civil society. Activists in low-income settlements usually formed

Public toilets for women

WHEN general elections loom, the one issue that all political parties raise to win over potential voters is public infrastructure. Plans for building new roads and flyovers (often unnecessarily), and

Displaced at home

The 2020 Karachi rains were nothing less than a time of destruction and despair for most people in the city. But for the residents of the Gujjar and Orangi Nullahs,

Elite’s example

EXTRAORDINARILY large cars roam Karachi with fake number plates and, often, Kalashnikov-armed guards sitting in the cabin behind. They follow no traffic regulations, they park wherever they like, and wherever