Every year, the Sindh government begins cleaning work on nullahs, but Farhan Anwar claims “this isn’t the solution” Whenever Pakistani cities experience urban flooding and its devastating effects, governments blame
Social activists and affectees of the Gujjar, Orangi and Manzoor Colony nullahs address the press conference at the Karachi Press Club. —Photo by author KARACHI: With the looming threat of
Reminding the Pakistan People’s Party supremo Bilawal Bhutto Zardari of his promise he made to the people during a visit to KDA Chowrangi on September 6, 2020, that if a
Activists talk on the socio-environmental impacts of Malir Expressway at a forum organized by Urban Resource Centre. Photo: Haris Khan Twenty-one goths or villages that fall along the route of
KARACHI: Describing the Malir Expressway as illegal, speakers at a seminar have demanded that the government stop the controversial project forthwith. The whole process of its approval was a farce,
THE past few weeks have seen several environmental catastrophes across the country. An unprecedented heatwave raged through Sindh and the adjoining areas, directly impacting the crop and fruit harvest, significantly
KARACHI: Workers, including an impressive number of women, staged a rally and converged in front of the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Sunday to lodge their protest against record food
The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi. IN a major policy shift, the Sindh cabinet recently decided to extend the cut-off date for the regularisation of katchi
Muhammad Aslam, an agriculturist by profession, cannot focus on earning bread for his family as they have been living in a fear of getting their ancestral land destroyed. A land
Local residents of District Malir along with civil society activists and Malir Expressway Action Committee have decided to approach judiciary against the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency’s (Sepa) approval of the
