Current Stories Rainwater Rethink At a recent discussion hosted by the Urban Resource Centre in Karachi, architects and town planners examined the city’s devastating Read more
Current Stories Poor Drainage, Faulty Planning Blamed for Karachi’s Urban Flooding Experts have linked Karachi’s recurring urban flooding to blocked drainage systems and flawed city planning, warning that the situation will Read more
Current Stories Urban flooding linked to blocked drains, flawed city planning in Karachi The Urban Resource Centre (URC) on Tuesday organised talks by experts, architect and town planner Arif Hasan and NED Professor Read more
Current Stories Reporting on floods IN reporting on floods, four terms have been used constantly. They have traditional planning-related meanings, which can no longer be Read more
Current Stories When laws become wallpaper: unlearned lessons from Karachi’s floods Each monsoon turns Karachi into a drowning city, not because of rain alone but due to man-made negligence… COVER Read more
Current Stories Dwellers along Lyari river won’t be forcibly evicted for sake of WB-funded uplift: CM Murad Acknowledging Karachi’s unplanned growth, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday said the provincial government was spearheading a Read more
Current Stories Complete chaos Recent rains exposed authorities’ claims regarding Karachi’s preparedness. Can one still hope for a metropolitan that can manage heavy rains? Read more
Current Stories Karachi floods IT rained heavily in 2020. And now it is 2025. The rains have once again devastated Karachi. We have witnessed Read more
Current Stories Bracing for impact MONSOON rains, cloudbursts, landslides and flash floods have wreaked havoc in KP, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Since mid-August, harsh weather Read more
Current Stories Banning rickshaws seen as a bane, not boon, for commuters & operators in Karachi Speakers at a seminar said that the recent ban on operations of rickshaws on certain roads in the metropolis was a Read more
