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
The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi. ON Jan 22, Google commemorated Perween Rahman’s 65th birthday. It was a commendable way of recognising the life and work
The recent figures of rising divorce rates in major urban centres come as a surprise for both the legal and social institutions that have firmly prevented the institution of
Environmental activists at a meeting underscored the need for creating awareness about negative impacts of climate change on the citizens’ lives and environment of urban centres. Organised by the The
The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi. THE Dec 18 sewerage line blast in the vicinity of Shershah in Karachi saddened us all. Seventeen people died and
The life of the urban poor in Pakistan is miserable on many counts. The absence of dependable livelihoods, traumatic experiences of social dislocation (that many have to pass through), complete
KARACHI: Leaders of various political parties at ‘all stakeholder conference’, organised by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Karachi chapter, unanimously rejected the local bodies act passed with new amendments by the
