AKHTAR Hameed Khan, the renowned Pakistani social scientist, and father of the world-famous Comilla Cooperatives, passed away on Oct 9, 1999, in the US. His body was brought back to
F or the past few weeks, the politics of municipal tax collection has taken centre stage in Karachi. Officials of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) are of the strong view that
THE Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has dismissed the Sindh government’s latest request to delay local government elections in Karachi for the third time this year. The Sindh government had
Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday highlighted the cause of the recent flood disaster in the country, especially Sindh that had been hit the most, challenges being faced by the
Large swathes of Pakistan have been affected – including these people in Jafarabad in Balochistan — Rueters As per the official report by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), dated
TORRENTIAL rains and the resultant floods have wreaked havoc across the country. People and livestock have perished; millions have been displaced. Thousands of families remain marooned, with little possibility of
It is now common wisdom that all hazards are natural and all disasters a result of unjust anthropogenic interactions with nature. Though the most recent flooding is different in nature
T he last memory of a smooth driving experience on Karachi’s roads may be about quite some time ago. While it may appear that this monsoon season may have triggered
There is no separate handling along modern lines of around 1,100 tonnes of garbage generated by hospitals in Karachi on a daily basis as haphazard disposal of medical waste continues
KARACHI: Distinguished architect and town planner Arif Hasan on Tuesday discussed several unique aspects of Karachi and said that there was an impression that population of the country’s commercial capital
