SINCE the past several weeks, a war has been raging in the Gulf and Middle East region. While missiles, interceptors and drones are instruments of 21st-century warfare, a trait shared
For the past several years, I have been out of touch with Karachi’s evolution due to health issues. I have not been able to wander around as I used to.
THE evergreen, coastal conocarpus erectus, also called the conocarpus tree, isn’t native to Pakistan. It’s known for its dense foliage, fast growth and high tolerance for harsh environmental conditions. It
The writer is a Board member of Urban Resource Centre. He can be reached at mansooraza@gmail.com In the fractured geography of Karachi, proximity is the ultimate currency. If you look
Anger, and the mental health issues that underpin it, are thrown into sharp relief in a global megacity like Karachi, where the stresses of daily life can trigger serious outbursts
AFTER months of suspense, the Higher Education Commission has a new leader. Though the status of the HEC as a regulator of higher education affairs is reasonably well-grounded, the Commission’s
Moving scenes were witnessed before the judicial tribunal investigating the Gul Plaza inferno on Monday when 23 relatives of 33 deceased persons narrated their ordeal, pointing fingers at the rescue work, firefighting
Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday called for the establishment of an independent and fully empowered safety authority, warning that recurring urban accidents reflect systemic failures and the absence of
EVERYTHING that could go wrong with Gul Plaza did go wrong, just as it had in the Baldia factory fire of 2012. Between these two tragic milestones, the city witnessed
