Rights activists and community representatives have demanded that the government announce a comprehensive resettlement plan before carrying out any eviction or demolition drive in connection with the Karachi-Peshawar Main Line
For decades, the Pakistani household stood as an immovable fortress, built on four foundational pillars: sacred duty of procreation; quiet rigour of primary socialisation; faithful transfer of societal values; and
A fresh study has shown that roughly half of the children coming from textile supply chain workers of Karachi cannot afford to go to school despite two to three people
Lyari sits in a place that feels almost too symbolic to be accidental. It lies wedged between the port, industry and the city centre, occupying Karachi’s south-western quarter, like a
Senator Shahadat Awan, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Railways presiding over a meeting of the Committee at Parliament Lodges Islamabad. —Senate website/File ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Railways directed
Karachi is facing a growing public health and law enforcement crisis as the illegal trade and widespread use of gutka continue largely unchecked. Despite strict laws and periodic crackdowns, weak
Gul Plaza’s three facades were clearly damaged in the stage II and III January 18 fire which killed 70 people, but when a building inspector came afterwards, he held back.
For decades, the narrow, winding alleys of low-income urban settlements were the front lines of a specific kind of civil warfare. If a pipe burst or the electricity failed, the
