A woman boards a bus near Nagin Chowrangi | Tahir Jamal/White Star Karachi is constantly evolving but, unfortunately, city planning has failed to keep up with the metro’s changing
Zameen.com says Pakistan’s housing shortage needs an investment of $250 billion. Media in Pakistan are awash with ads for housing schemes, most of them making fortunes on the backs of
The prolonged war over power and resources has left Karachiites in unending pain and misery as civic conditions of the city are getting worse with each passing day. Only good
Civil society groups criticise the government’s minority rights watchdog at a seminar organised in Karachi by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Church of Pakistan. The “Minority Commission
Experts while identifying the poor governance as core issue of Karachi have suggested that challenges faced by the megapolis could only be addressed by empowering local bodies through judicious distribution
Speakers at a seminar stressed that the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) should highlight and resolve the problems of minorities, and shared recommendations to make the commission active. The National
Thousands of Karachi residents face losing their homes without being compensated with land or cash Gujjar nullah in Karachi. More than 4,000 concrete structures have to be demolished on both sides of
Shafaqna Pakistan: As the federal government had given another deadline for opening of the Green Line bus rapid transit system (BRTS) project in July-August, any relief in the transport sector
Among other things, pedestrianisation will boost the street economy, creating jobs for the youth and local people No city in Pakistan is free of the burden of chronic vehicle-driven and
The Sindh government will be financially compensating the people who will be losing their homes along Gujjar, Mehmoodabad and Orangi nullahs, which are frantically being cleared and widened before the