An All Parties Conference against Bahria Town Karachi, Gadap Town, Karachi, May 23. — Photo by author An All Parties Conference against Bahria Town Karachi, Gadap Town, Karachi, May 23.
The Sindh High Court instructed Friday the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation to halt the anti-encroachment drive along the Orangi and Gujjar nullahs till the Supreme Court adjudicates on the case. The court
FOR a state to deprive residents of their homes without providing for alternative housing for them is a dereliction of duty. To do so during a pandemic when large numbers
The writer is a Karachi-based academic and researcher. INSTEAD of a ‘politics of control’, the residents of Karachi desire a ‘politics of performance’. This approach is nowhere in sight. The
The writer is an architect, urban planner, and social activist. ALL over the world the pandemic has hit the poor more than anyone else. Especially those who have no homes
Buildings along a nullah in Liaquatabad being demolished to widen the waterway ahead of the monsoons in Karachi, March 18, 2021. Photo: Online/Sabir Mazhar There are two little stories about
“We have spent our childhood and youth in these houses,” said Abid Asghar, a leader of the Gujjar Nala affectees. — White Star/File KARACHI: A human chain was formed alongside
The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi. THE Supreme Court has expressed its displeasure over the progress of certain development projects in Karachi and concern at the
The basic contract between a state and its citizens is that the former will care for all of its needs The basic contract between a state and its citizens is
An anti-encroachment tribunal on Wednesday refrained the authorities from demolishing leased houses during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive along the Gujjar Nullah. The tribunal’s presiding officer, Shakil Ahmed Abbasi, directed the
