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
Current Stories ‘Govt reappropriated Rs200m from Gujjar Nullah rehabilitation project’ The Sindh government has reappropriated Rs200 million from the project of the rehabilitation of the Gujjar Nullah and Orangi Nullah Read more
Current Stories Urban Flooding On 6 July 2023, in its Flood Management Conference, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) gave a wake-up call to Read more
Current Stories Another rain, another disaster? K arachi has yet to receive the full blast of monsoon rains for this year. While the city management is Read more
Current Stories Climate justice eludes the displaced from Karachi’s Orangi Nala After the heavy floods in 2020, the decision to remove illegal settlements along one of Karachi’s streams, Orangi Nala, to Read more
