Naseem, a Korangi Nullah operation affectee, said that during the operation in his area, two people suffered heart attacks. — Fahim Siddiqi / White Star KARACHI: “We have no voice
Each development initiative pushes the poor out of their abodes, disrupts their lives and destroys their fragile assets. Abdul Rahim (not his real name) came to Karachi in 2012 in
ACCORDING to media reports and the World Bank website, the Bank has approved a multimillion-dollar loan for six projects in Karachi. These include $40m for making the Karachi Water and
Urban poor communities are generating their own evidence to uncover the reasons – overlooked by authorities – that Karachi floods. Women’s role has increasingly gained importance in social movements that
The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi. FOR more than three years now, evictions have been underway in different Karachi locations. Dwellings along river banks, nullahs and
The writer is an architect. IN the last 40 years no social housing has been developed in Pakistan except for small schemes by community organisations and NGOs, which is not
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
