This compilation highlights key news events related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Karachi from January to June 2021. It covers developments in healthcare, public safety measures, vaccination efforts, and the
This report evaluates competing solutions to the urban flooding crisis in Karachi, focusing on key challenges like poor drainage, rapid urbanization, and climate change. It compares various approaches, including improved
KARACHI: The federal government must introduce legal and administrative safeguards to protect minorities against human rights violations, and take serious steps to stop forced faith conversions and ensure that blasphemy
KARACHI:The civil society and human rights activists called upon the government on Thursday to safeguard all citizens’ rights irrespective of their religion and protect their life and property. The founder
LAST week, eminent urban planner and researcher Arif Hasan, along with his associates Dhuha Alvi and Amal Hashim, published an analysis of the most recent census numbers as they pertain
Illustration by Areeshah Qureshi The census of a country gives us details of its population structure, socio-economic wellbeing and the conditions of its human settlements. By themselves, the census figures
People walk past a portion of the road that damaged and fell in the unfenced nullah on Safari Road, between Jauhar Chowrangi and Pehlwan Goth Chowrangi, due to torrential rains
In his article ‘The Roots of Elite Alienation’, Arif Hasan gives a compelling account of the sequence of events that led to the disengagement of the elite of Pakistan with
What the great political scientists historically did was to study the laws of motion of capital in their societies and then theorized about them. For any good social science output;
BUS FOR LYARI: The People’s Bus Service will hopefully bring some respite to the people awaiting decent transport for decades. I wonder, however, why the service is not available in Lyari
