Recent rains exposed authorities’ claims regarding Karachi’s preparedness. Can one still hope for a metropolitan that can manage heavy rains? Since August 19, Karachi is slowly returning to normalcy after
IT rained heavily in 2020. And now it is 2025. The rains have once again devastated Karachi. We have witnessed flooded streets, huge traffic jams, students, working-class employees, motorcyclists and
MONSOON rains, cloudbursts, landslides and flash floods have wreaked havoc in KP, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Since mid-August, harsh weather conditions have left hundreds of people dead, while uprooting thousands
Speakers at a seminar said that the recent ban on operations of rickshaws on certain roads in the metropolis was a blow to the livelihoods of thousands of citizens as it
ALL over the world, heritage is usually considered to be a building. In Karachi, it is normally a 19th- or early 20th-century structure. Its age is determined by the mortar
On the occasion of awarding certificates to students on completion of courses and internships at the Urban Resource Centre (URC), senior journalist Mahmood Shaam was invited as a guest lecturer
Nearly 600 buildings across Karachi have been declared unsafe, with at least 50 in ‘extremely dangerous’ condition and at risk of imminent collapse – Hundreds of lives have been lost
VARIOUS reasons have been given by different agencies for why buildings collapse in Karachi. The blame is placed on the non-functioning of government agencies and the individuals in charge. However,
