Current Stories A place called home The state of housing in Pakistan is anything but satisfactory. A State Bank of Pakistan Report from 2020 says that Read more
Current Stories Karachi’s social problems discussed in context of environmental issues The inauguration ceremony of the second edition of five-day winter school “Environmental Change, Societies at Risk and Social Vulnerabilities in Read more
Current Stories Karachi’s precarious land market The Supreme Court (SC) recently initiated measures to effectively implement the judgments passed with respect to Bahria Town Karachi (BTK). For Read more
Current Stories Decorating Karachi IN a recent meeting, Sindh’s caretaker chief minister expressed his resolve to ‘beautify’ Karachi. Addressing bureaucrats, heads of civic agencies Read more
Current Stories Afghan refugees THE manner in which Afghan refugees are being repatriated from Pakistan is unfortunate. Under the Citizens’ Act, anyone born in Read more
Current Stories ‘Nature can’t be blamed for health problems created by man-made environmental hazards’ The topic of the talk organised by the Urban Resource Centre (URC) on Tuesday was ‘The adverse effects on health Read more
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
