More than 50,000 people lose homes in Karachi to clear two major waterways. Karachi: Sitting on the debris of her house near Kauser Niazi Colony in North Nazimabad, Zara Khan, 21, feels
Rubble where houses used to stand and part-destroyed buildings in Gujjar. Photograph: Shah Meer Baloch As Pakistan’s supreme court backs bulldozing of homes blamed for floods, critics say government has no
A large number of protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court’s Karachi registry on Monday to request the top court to continue the stay order on the demolition of houses around
The demolition was the outcome of a Supreme Court order after [last year’s devastating rains][2] that inundated Karachi, with storm-water drains resembling raging rivers. — White Star/File IT IS always
