A Pakistan Bureau of Statistics official marks a Karachi residence after collecting data March 15, 2017. Photo: AFP This May the government finally reached a point where it could say
An old woman sits near her demolished houses following an anti-encroachment drive along the Gujjar nullah on February 9, 2021. Photo: Online A woman from Gujjar nullah who
Members of the Joint Action Committee have asked the federal and provincial governments to stop forced evictions and halt their anti-encroachment operations in various parts of Karachi due to the
Activists were shot and beaten at demonstration to stop property giant Bahria Town building on indigenous land they say was taken with force Bahria Town Karachi is accused of a
The writer teaches at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. “If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.” — George Orwell ALONG WITH
An All Parties Conference against Bahria Town Karachi, Gadap Town, Karachi, May 23. — Photo by author An All Parties Conference against Bahria Town Karachi, Gadap Town, Karachi, May 23.
The Sindh High Court instructed Friday the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation to halt the anti-encroachment drive along the Orangi and Gujjar nullahs till the Supreme Court adjudicates on the case. The court
FOR a state to deprive residents of their homes without providing for alternative housing for them is a dereliction of duty. To do so during a pandemic when large numbers
The writer is a Karachi-based academic and researcher. INSTEAD of a ‘politics of control’, the residents of Karachi desire a ‘politics of performance’. This approach is nowhere in sight. The
