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
Current Stories Demolished lives KARACHI has witnessed mass economic discrimination far too often, making the PPP’s ‘roti, kapra, makaan’ slogan seem rather aspirational. The Read more
Current Stories Hope rises for demolition drive victims in Karachi after PM intervenes An old woman sits on a charpoy at the spot where her house used to be before it was torn Read more
Current Stories SC asks families affected by demolition drives to consider proposals for rehabilitation The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday asked the affected families of the Gujjar and Orangi Nullah anti-encroachment drives to consider Read more
