Current Stories Water crisis FOR the past few weeks, Karachi residents have been experiencing extraordinary disruptions in their water supply. A power breakdown led Read more
Current Stories Reach the masses RECENTLY, I attended the Urban Resource Centre’s Forum on the urban poor and land use management in Karachi. NED University’s Read more
Current Stories Future in jeopardy I HAVE written earlier about the Pakistan Quarters when a proposal for its development was made in 2018 under very Read more
Current Stories Plan to vacate govt quarters in Karachi to build apartments, malls in Karachi KARACHI: The caretaker government of Sindh has decided to build apartments on land of Martin Quarters, Jamshed Quarters, Jahangir Quarters Read more
Current Stories Displacement and despair: Two years on, drain demolition job washes away housing dream Tens of thousands of people in Karachi have been living amidst the rubble of their homes after an ill-thought-out ‘anti-encroachment’ Read more
Current Stories Political culture THERE have been many political movements in Pakistan; some of them have also been between two opposing ideologies, such as Read more
Current Stories Coordination is key I WORKED on a number of large community infrastructure development projects in the 1990s, some of which were disastrous but Read more
Current Stories A new expressway threatens Karachi’s largest green space The Malir Expressway will destroy much-needed green space and worsen the risk of floods and extreme heat in Pakistan’s largest Read more
Current Stories The Changing Status of Karachi’s Women The people, neighbourhoods and public spaces of Karachi have undergone a radical transformation over the past seven decades. In a Read more
Current Stories Dire need for public toilets, govt indifference highlighted at seminar (L-R) Seema Liaquat, Arif Hasan, Zoha Alvi, Nuzhat Shirin and Zofeen T. Ebrahim during the discussion at the URC office. Read more
Management problems of a growing urban population Forum By Dr. Noman Ahmed 19 May 2022 URC Forums Booklet
