The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi. ON March 12, 2022, the Supreme Court released its detailed judgement on a constitutional petition filed by a political party
A typical public bus, overloaded with passengers, plying the streets of Karachi Karachi’s Public Transport: Origins, Evolution and Future Planning by urban planners Arif Hasan and Mansoor Raza and the
Guest blogger Arif Hasan reflects on the seismic shift in attitude in the criminal justice system he has observed over his 50 years as teacher, researcher, writer, activist, architect and
The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi. ON Feb 11, the Sindh Assembly passed a bill reviving student unions. The bill received support from both the treasury
Hasan and Raza pay attention to the finer details in ‘Karachi’s Public Transport: Origins, Evolution and Future Planning.’ The state of Karachi’s public transport system, or the lack thereof, has
Water provision is “more lucrative than drugs,” said one of the interviewees in our research in Karachi, Pakistan. Competition for control of the city’s water includes water mafias and formal
The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi. TWO icons in the development sector passed away recently — Anwar Rashid on Jan 26 and Tasneem Ahmed Siddiqui on
The funeral prayers of former top civil servant and social activist Tasneem Ahmad Siddiqui, who had passed away from a sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 82 early on
