Rubble where houses used to stand and part-destroyed buildings in Gujjar. Photograph: Shah Meer Baloch As Pakistan’s supreme court backs bulldozing of homes blamed for floods, critics say government has no
A large number of protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court’s Karachi registry on Monday to request the top court to continue the stay order on the demolition of houses around
The demolition was the outcome of a Supreme Court order after [last year’s devastating rains][2] that inundated Karachi, with storm-water drains resembling raging rivers. — White Star/File IT IS always
As a teacher of sociology, I have observed the changes taking place in the family structure of Pakistan for quite some time. Noted architect and town planner Arif Hasan mentioned
A large number of children belonging to the families that have been affected by the evictions caused by the operation to clear the Gujjar and Orangi storm water drains of
CHILDREN hold protest outside the Karachi Press Club on Sunday.—Photo by the author KARACHI: Hundreds of children from the Gujjar and Orangi nullahs staged a protest demonstration outside the
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
