LAST week, eminent urban planner and researcher Arif Hasan, along with his associates Dhuha Alvi and Amal Hashim, published an analysis of the most recent census numbers as they pertain
Illustration by Areeshah Qureshi The census of a country gives us details of its population structure, socio-economic wellbeing and the conditions of its human settlements. By themselves, the census figures
People walk past a portion of the road that damaged and fell in the unfenced nullah on Safari Road, between Jauhar Chowrangi and Pehlwan Goth Chowrangi, due to torrential rains
In his article ‘The Roots of Elite Alienation’, Arif Hasan gives a compelling account of the sequence of events that led to the disengagement of the elite of Pakistan with
What the great political scientists historically did was to study the laws of motion of capital in their societies and then theorized about them. For any good social science output;
BUS FOR LYARI: The People’s Bus Service will hopefully bring some respite to the people awaiting decent transport for decades. I wonder, however, why the service is not available in Lyari
THE rainy weather has once again exposed how Karachi’s institutions have failed its residents. Officialdom is trying to make its presence felt through press conferences and visits to inundated streets.
KARACHI: As the city braces for another strong monsoon spell, the situation along the Gujjar nullah grows serious where in over the past two days a man drowned and an
