KARACHI: The caretaker government of Sindh has decided to build apartments on land of Martin Quarters, Jamshed Quarters, Jahangir Quarters and Clayton Quarters after demolishing the decades-old buildings allotted to
Tens of thousands of people in Karachi have been living amidst the rubble of their homes after an ill-thought-out ‘anti-encroachment’ drive to clear the city’s three main water drains. Was
THERE have been many political movements in Pakistan; some of them have also been between two opposing ideologies, such as the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy and the Pakistan
I WORKED on a number of large community infrastructure development projects in the 1990s, some of which were disastrous but whose sponsors dubbed them as “best practices”. The reasons for
The Malir Expressway will destroy much-needed green space and worsen the risk of floods and extreme heat in Pakistan’s largest city. As the impacts of climate change are being increasingly
The people, neighbourhoods and public spaces of Karachi have undergone a radical transformation over the past seven decades. In a traditionally segregated society, a change in the status of women
(L-R) Seema Liaquat, Arif Hasan, Zoha Alvi, Nuzhat Shirin and Zofeen T. Ebrahim during the discussion at the URC office. — Photo by author KARACHI: The importance, rather dire need,
The Sindh government has reappropriated Rs200 million from the project of the rehabilitation of the Gujjar Nullah and Orangi Nullah affectees to a road construction project in Sukkur namely, ‘Construction/Rehabilitation
On 6 July 2023, in its Flood Management Conference, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) gave a wake-up call to the key stakeholders regarding the risk of urban flooding in
K arachi has yet to receive the full blast of monsoon rains for this year. While the city management is making tall claims about the preparedness, the past experience does