Current Stories Fragile environment TORRENTIAL rains and the resultant floods have wreaked havoc across the country. People and livestock have perished; millions have been Read more
Current Stories Pakistan’s history of disasters and the lessons we fail to learn It is now common wisdom that all hazards are natural and all disasters a result of unjust anthropogenic interactions with Read more
Current Stories An endless deterioration of infrastructure T he last memory of a smooth driving experience on Karachi’s roads may be about quite some time ago. While Read more
Current Stories Call for evolving system to handle 1,100 tonnes of medical waste There is no separate handling along modern lines of around 1,100 tonnes of garbage generated by hospitals in Karachi on Read more
Current Stories ‘Karachi’s population was deliberately undercounted to keep status quo’ KARACHI: Distinguished architect and town planner Arif Hasan on Tuesday discussed several unique aspects of Karachi and said that there Read more
Current Stories Absence of ownership for ‘orphan’ Karachi lamented As it started raining in the city on Tuesday afternoon under the influence of a fresh monsoon weather system, a Read more
Current Stories Measures against forced conversion, misuse of blasphemy laws urged KARACHI: The federal government must introduce legal and administrative safeguards to protect minorities against human rights violations, and take serious Read more
Current Stories Activists demand safeguard of citizens’ rights irrespective of religion KARACHI:The civil society and human rights activists called upon the government on Thursday to safeguard all citizens’ rights irrespective of Read more
Current Stories New Karachi LAST week, eminent urban planner and researcher Arif Hasan, along with his associates Dhuha Alvi and Amal Hashim, published an Read more
Current Stories WHAT THE CENSUS TELLS US ABOUT KARACHI Illustration by Areeshah Qureshi The census of a country gives us details of its population structure, socio-economic wellbeing and the Read more
