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
ACCORDING to media reports and the World Bank website, the Bank has approved a multimillion-dollar loan for six projects in Karachi. These include $40m for making the Karachi Water and
Urban poor communities are generating their own evidence to uncover the reasons – overlooked by authorities – that Karachi floods. Women’s role has increasingly gained importance in social movements that
The Punjab Katchi Abadis Act, 1992 provides the legal framework for the regularization and improvement of informal settlements (katchi abadis) in Punjab. The Act aims to improve living conditions, offer
