A view of some demolished houses along Gujjar Nullah.—White Star/file KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Sindh government to fulfil its responsibility for rehabilitating over 6,900 families rendered homeless by
The low-cost sanitation programme has now become famous worldwide for how it involves poor communities in upgrading their own settlements. Sometime in 1973, I received a phone call from a
In a significant administrative move, the Sindh government has announced plans to rename four districts within the Karachi Division. This decision, reported by the 24NewsHd TV channel, aims to reflect
Recent record-breaking floods in Pakistan led to anti-encroachment drives of settlements across Karachi’s natural drains, displacing individuals. This included individuals from several communities, who then had to relocate. However, Hindu
With affordable land a pipe dream for the urban poor what, if anything, has changed in the last 50 years, and what lobbying tactics are the most – and least
WEATHER experts have warned that a new rain system will strike Balochistan in the next few days. This will increase the extent of damage already caused by the recent bout
Despite the male-dominated environment, women persist in their efforts to explore and assert their identities within the urban landscape As I walked through the lush green and extensive Frere Hall
THE changes that are taking place in the built environment of Karachi’s low- and middle-income neighbourhoods are hard to ignore by those vested in urban planning. The increase in population,
