This compilation features significant news events from July to December 2018, focusing on encroachment and forced evictions in Pakistan. It highlights the challenges faced by communities and the ongoing urban
This compilation presents key news events from January to June 2018, focusing on the issues of encroachment and forced evictions in Pakistan. It highlights the impact of these actions on
This compilation covers key news events from January to June 2017, focusing on encroachment and forced evictions in Pakistan. It provides an overview of the ongoing urban challenges and their
This compilation highlights key events from July to December 2017 related to encroachment and forced evictions in Pakistan, shedding light on the challenges of urban development and its impact on
Fruit vendors and other hawkers at a bazaar in Karachi | Courtesy the writer This article draws upon the work I have done at different times with Architects Asiya Sadiq
Project may take two years to complete, affecting some 1,200 houses in the process The prime objective of the construction relief and amnesty scheme is to revive the coronavirus-hit national
No matter how industriously master plans of cities are made, because of the prevalent bureaucratic work culture the operationalization of these will always remain problematic. The purpose of this article
This report provides a detailed list of families displaced due to the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project, as compiled by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2010. It outlines
THE federal cabinet has approved the 2017 census results. Some political parties, including those with greater stakes in Karachi, have announced their opposition to this decision. The city’s population figures
One day architect, provocateur, town planner Arif Hasan went to see Shafiqur Rahman Paracha, the bureaucrat who was in charge of resettling people uprooted by the building of the Lyari
